| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lagoon - Body of water, separated from a lake, river, or sea by a narrow land barrier, which may completely enclose it or leave a shallow passageway into it. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Vancouver, W. of Coal Harbour, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'43"N, 123°08'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1937, as identified in Vancouver Park Board publications from the early 1920s onward. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named by poet Pauline Johnson: "When I first plied paddle across the gunwhale of a light canoe and idled about the margin, I named the sheltered little cove Lost Lagoon. This was just to please my own fancy for, as that perfect summer month drifted on, the ever restless tides left the harbour devoid of any water at my favorite canoeing hour and my pet idling place was lost for many days; hence my fancy to call it Lost Lagoon." (Legends of Vancouver; Thompson Stationery Co, Vancouver, 1911.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |