Sarita Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Sarita River, E of Numukamis Bay, Barkley Sound, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°54'27"N, 124°53'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1979 on 92C/15. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Wihat'a (pronounced wee HAT-ah) was the name of the Huu-au-aht village once located at the north end of the lake; the name means dry rapids, referring to the small peninsula here that was only evident when water levels were low. (Huu-ay-aht Place Names in the Chief Louie Nookemus historial accounts, c1964, shared September 2009 in the context of the Maa-nulth Treaty.) Source: included with note |