Sooke Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Sooke River, SW. of Shawnigan Lake, Malahat Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°33'14"N, 123°42'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, in association with Sooke River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"...the party was forced to shift their camp to an island on the lake [Sooke Lake], which was christened Exploration Island." (from Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition report, p.14, referring to July 1864 journal entry (by Peter Leech?). Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |