HydroLAKES lake · #103050
Shawnigan Lake
Surface area
5,45km²
Avg depth
15m
Volume
82,02km³
Shoreline
24,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cowichan ValleyBritish Columbia · Canada5.47 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
MEMORY ISLAND PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
0.01 km² overlap
WEST SHAWNIGAN LAKE PARK
IUCN IIA - Park
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 310 distinct species · 18 122 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 45 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Shawnigan Lake : 32 espèces reliées par 102 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 13 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
5,45km²
Avg depth
15,0m
Volume
82,020km³
Watershed
83km²
Shoreline
24,6km
Shore dev. idx
2,98
Residence time
328days
Elevation
117m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.