Elsie Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Ash River, SE of Comox Lake, Newcastle Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'07"N, 125°07'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Elsie Lake adopted 8 July 1948 on 92F/6, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Licence to dam the outlet of Elsie Lake issued 14 December 1952, per Water Rights file #0212196. Dam(s) constructed in 1957; the resulting increased pondage submerged nearby Castle Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |