Queens Bay, British Columbia Weather
Queens Bay, British Columbia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Queens Bay in Kamloops Division Yale Land District.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Queens Bay.
About Queens Bay, British Columbia
Queens Bay is a community in Kamloops Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Queens Bay is located at 49.6500°N, 116.9333°W. It observes Mountain Standard Time — no DST (UTC−7). Postal code area: V1L.
The shoreline at Queens Bay rises from the deep, cool waters of Kootenay Lake to meet the steady, forested slopes of the Humpback Ridge. It lies 31.4 km north-east of Nelson, BC (from Nelson, BC: bearing 56°T), and is situated 3.4 km north-east of Balfour. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, carrying the scent of cedar and the faint, metallic tang of the Kootenay River as it flows through the broader district. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light catches the surface of the lake, turning the water into a sheet of hammered silver that reflects the distant, jagged mass of the Kokanee Glacier. The terrain is defined by these steep transitions, where the land seems to hold its breath between the weight of the heights and the depth of the water. Life in Queens Bay has long been shaped by the quiet cycles of the land, drawing from a history of orchard cultivation and the slow, deliberate work of those who settle along the slopes. While Pilot Bay Park sits nearby as a reminder of the quiet, natural persistence of the region, the local economy remains rooted in the modest, private industry of its residents and the stewardship of the surrounding forest. The pace of the day is marked by the shifting shadows upon the Humpback Ridge, a constant presence that anchors the inhabitants to the physical reality of the Kamloops Division Yale Land District. Whatever the season, Queens Bay retains a sense of seclusion, where the hum of the modern world fades against the immense, quiet scale of the mountains and the basin.
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| Location | Queens Bay, Kamloops Division Yale Land District, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 49.65°N, 116.93333°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (UTC−7) |
| Postal FSA | V1L |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Queens Bay, British Columbia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Queens Bay, British Columbia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Queens Bay includes coordinates 49.650000°N, 116.933330°W, situated in Kamloops Division Yale Land District. Postal FSA: V1L. Telephone area code: 236, 250, 604, 672, 778. Timezone: Mountain Standard Time — no DST (UTC−7).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.