Bewlay Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of W end of Sarita Lake, E of Bamfield, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°53'40"N, 124°54'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1979 on 92C/15, as originally submitted February 1923 by F.W. Knewstubb, Water Rights Branch, and as labelled on BC map 2A, 1938 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named 26 February 1923 by F.W. Knewstubb after Lieutenant T.H. Bewlay, assistant engineer in the Water Rights Branch, who had joined the department in 1912, if not earlier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |