abstract:Kokanee Lake is one of over 30 alpine lakes located in British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The lake is approximately 1,200 m long and 400 m wide, at an elevation of 1,981 m (6,498 ft) and located at the head of Kokanee Creek.
The blackkokanee, or "kunimasu" in Japanese, wasthought to have died out in 1940, whenahydroelectricprojectmadeitsnativelakein northernAkitaPrefecturemore acidic.