| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Drains E into McKenzie Lake at head of Browns River, Forbidden Plateau, Strathcona Provincial Park, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'02"N, 125°16'04"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 7 October 1948, as submitted February 1935 by Mr. C.S. Wood (file F.2.34). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mr. Wood, who first visited the Forbidden Plateau area in 1925, was often accompanied on his early explorations by various Courtenay men, including William (Bill) Douglas. Douglas "...was one of the first Courtenay Aldermen to visit the area, and he was extremely active and energetic in pioneering the Plateau. He was with me when we first discovered the lake." (February 1935 letter from C.S.Wood, file F.2.34) Name rejected. "Kwadha" suggested in 1936 by Geographic Board, meaning "to sit" (as taken from Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia, by Tolmie, W.F. & Dawson, G.M; Geological & Natural History Survey of Canada, 1884) but that name was objected to by Comox-Courtenay Board of Trade. The Board of Trade eventually re-submitted the name Douglas, on the basis that former Alderman Douglas was the first to introduce trout fry to this lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |