Bacon Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N. of Upper Campbell Lake, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'14"N, 125°37'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on 92 F/13, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919, and as listed in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably after H.N. Bacon, a guide for the province's exploratory survey of Strathcona Park, 1910 (Ellison's expedition). Bacon had a permanent camp on the east side of Upper Campbell Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |