Mara Lake

Mara Lake
Mara Provincial Park beach, Mara Lake, 2015
Mara Lake is located in British Columbia
Mara Lake
Mara Lake
LocationShuswap Country, south central British Columbia
Coordinates50°46′58″N 119°00′43″W / 50.78278°N 119.01194°W / 50.78278; -119.01194
Primary inflowsShuswap River
Primary outflowsSicamous Narrows
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length35 km (22 mi)
Surface area19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Average depth18 m (59 ft)
Max. depth18 m (59 ft)
Surface elevation338 m (1,109 ft)

Mara Lake is a lake in the Shuswap Country region of south central British Columbia, Canada. To the west is Hyde Mountain and east is Morton Peak. The outlet of the Shuswap River forms the upper reaches. The lower end enters the narrows at Sicamous and flows into Shuswap Lake. The northern end of Mara Lake is by road about 73 kilometres (45 mi) west of Revelstoke, 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Kamloops, and 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of Vernon.