This crystal clear lake is the largest natural lake in British Columbia. Nine hundred feet deep, it is home to lake trout, grayling, ling cod, whitefish and lake herring, as well as various water birds such as loons, arctic terns, gulls, scooters mergansers, scaup and goldeneyes. The Atlin townsite is on the east shore of Atlin Lake and faces a ring of spectacular mountains, including the nearby Birch Mountain on Teresa Island, the tallest mountain in fresh water in North America.

Atlin Lake is 85 miles long and averages 2 to 5 miles wide, covering 307 square miles. It drains a basin of 4,402 square miles. The water of Atlin Lakes flows into the Tagish Lakes, where it crosses the border into the Yukon, on into Marsh Lake and then the Yukon River, where it flows over 3000 miles before reaching the Bering Sea.

Last updated March 6, 2003