| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Puntledge River, SW of Comox Lake, Nelson Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°30'33"N, 125°13'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92F/11, as submitted October 1935 by BC Geographic Division. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Forbush Lake and the lake immediately below, Willemar Lake, are/were collectively known as Trout Lakes. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Edward Howe Forbush, an outstanding American ornithologist, born 24 April 1868, died 7 March 1929 - who collected [birds] in the Comox District with John Fannin, September 1888, where he took a new species of Lincoln sparrow, which was named by his friend William Brewster "Forbush's Sparrow" (Melospiza lincolni gracelis). (citation provided by William Newcombe) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |