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Vancouver Lake is located just west of Vancouver, Washington, United States, north of the Columbia River and Portland, Oregon, south of Ridgefield, Washington, and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. The lake is shallow, with a maximum depth of 12 to 15 feet (3.7 to 4.6 m) and a mean depth of less than 3 feet (0.9 m).
Lake River is a tributary, about 11 miles (18 km) long, of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] It flows north from Vancouver Lake in Vancouver to meet the larger river near Ridgefield and the northern tip of Bachelor Island. [3] The Wilkes Expedition of 1841 referred to Lake River as Calipaya Inlet. [5]
British Columbia lakes larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi) ; Lake Area (including islands) Altitude Max. depth Volume Williston Lake [1]: 1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi) : 671 m (2,201 ft)
The park was one of Vancouver's first lumbering operations in the late 19th century. The lake was the water source for the Hastings Sawmill , which was owned by industrialist John Hendry . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1926, Hendry's daughter, who was married to then-Lieutenant Governor of BC Eric Hamber , donated the mill property to the Park Board with the ...
In the late 1800s, Trout Lake was a peat bog that supplied water to Hastings Mill. Trout lake was formerly stocked with rainbow trout and cutthroat trout. [2] Adjacent to the lake is a community centre, playground, ice rink, and a summer farmers' market. It is located at East 15th Avenue and Victoria Drive in East Vancouver's John Hendry Park.
Shawnigan Lake School. Shawnigan Lake is the name of a village on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The name Shawnigan is an adaptation of the Hul'qumi'num name Showe'luqun, for the lake and the village. It is part of Electoral Area B in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. [1] As of 2016, the permanent population of Shawnigan Lake is 8,558.
Largest lake: Williston Lake 1,761 km 2 ... notably in the area of Vancouver, located on the southwestern tip of the mainland, which is known as the Lower Mainland ...
Great Central Lake is a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.It is located north of Sproat Lake and to the northwest of the city of Port Alberni.It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) long, with an area of 50.85 square kilometres (19.63 sq mi) and mean depth of 124 metres (407 ft), to a maximum of 250 metres (820 ft), making it the second deepest lake on Vancouver Island.