Every Lake
Lake Kokanee
Named for a landlocked salmon, mapped to 66 feet, 19 miles of shoreline near Bremerton.
- 11 ft · first step
- 22 ft
- 33 ft
- 44 ft
- 55 ft
- 66 ft · bottom
About Lake Kokanee
Lake Kokanee sits in the Puget Sound lowlands near Bremerton, Washington, in terrain shaped by the Vashon advance of the Cordilleran ice sheet, which retreated from the area roughly 13,000 years ago and left behind the region's characteristic kettle and moraine lakes. The lake takes its name from kokanee, the landlocked form of sockeye salmon that spends its entire life cycle in freshwater rather than migrating to the ocean. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife stocks kokanee in lakes across the Puget Sound region, and anglers target them from shore and small boats through spring and summer.
Bremerton grew around the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, commissioned in 1891, and the surrounding Kitsap Peninsula mixes Navy families, retirees, and commuters who ferry into Seattle across the Sound. Lake Kokanee covers roughly 3,200 acres with about 19 miles of shoreline, a footprint that ranks it among the larger lakes in the county and gives it a shape shore anglers and small-boat owners can work bank by bank in a single outing. Its modeled maximum depth of about 66 feet keeps it cool enough through summer to hold kokanee and trout populations that draw local fishing pressure.
- 133 roads engraved around the shore, 1 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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Lake Kokanee depth chart, in wood
This is a Lake Kokanee depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 11 ft, 22 ft, 33 ft, 44 ft, 55 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 66 ft. The lake covers about 5.2 square miles, and 133 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Lake Kokanee map for the wall — or a gift
Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Lake Kokanee for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Lake Kokanee.
Lake Kokanee map — the details
How big is the map?
Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Lake Kokanee; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Lake Kokanee is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
Can I add my own place on it?
Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.
How long does it take?
Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.
Can you make a lake that isn't listed?
Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.
- 6 depth layers down to 66 ft
- 5.2 square miles of water
- 133 shore roads engraved, 1 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
