Hobson Lake
| Hobson Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 52°30′00″N 120°20′00″W / 52.50000°N 120.33333°W |
| Primary inflows | Clearwater River and Hobson Creek |
| Primary outflows | Clearwater River |
| Max. length | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Surface area | 32.5 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 76.3 m (250 ft) |
| Max. depth | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Water volume | 2.48 km3 (0.59 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 75.7 km (47.0 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
| Islands | 1 |
| Settlements | None |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Hobson Lake is the uppermost lake on the Clearwater River in east-central British Columbia, Canada. Hobson Lake is one of the six major lakes in Wells Gray Provincial Park.
Hobson Lake is bordered to the east by peaks of the Cariboo Mountains which rise nearly 2000 m (6500 ft) above the lakeshore. Among these are Mount Hugh Neave and Twin Spires. The former is the seventh-highest mountain in Wells Gray Park at 2,829 m (9,281 ft) and is located due east of Hobson Lake's outlet. Its name recognizes a mountaineer who climbed many peaks in northern Wells Gray Park during the 1960s and 1970s. Hugh Neave made the first ascent of Wells Gray Park's third-highest mountain, Garnet Peak, in 1974. West of Hobson Lake is the Quesnel Highland which has no named mountains near the lake.