Croteau Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Forbidden Plateau, Head of Browns River, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'10"N, 125°19'14"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, as submitted September 1935 by Comox Mountaineering Club. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named by Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club, after Mr. Eugene Croteau, Comox resident, who operated the Croteau Guest Camp here in the 1930's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |