Horne Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Qualicum River W of Qualicum Beach, Alberni Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'31"N, 124°42'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 July 1945 on C.3579, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1867 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Adam Horne, HBC storekeeper at Nanaimo, who 'discovered' this lake in 1856. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...Adam Horne (1831-1903) ...a man of tremendous personal courage, was perhaps the first white man to cross the waist of Vancouver Island." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |