Quamichan Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NE of Duncan, Comiaken Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°48'04"N, 123°39'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This lake near Duncan takes the name of the local Indians. It means "hump-backs" and refers to the hills in this part of the country." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |
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"Quamichan was an ogre who feasted on children." (T.W. Paterson, "Mapmakers Have Been Unkind to the Original Name-Givers," Cowichan Valley Citizen, 16 November 2005.) Source: included with note |