Divers Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side Forbidden Plateau, Strathcona Provincial Park, E of Courtenay, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'29"N, 125°21'44"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. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Originally named by John Brown, early prospector, because the loon ("hell-diver") feeds here." (advice from Clinton S. Wood, who built the original Strathcona Park Lodge, and who so-labelled this feature on a map displayed in the Lodge from 1935 onwards.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |