| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Crystal Lake |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Thelwood Creek, SW. of Buttle Lake, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'05"N, 125°36'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Crystal Lake was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Changed to Jim Mitchell Lake 13 March 1947 on 92F/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After James Scott Mitchell, a 17-year old survey assistant who was drowned near here while packing in supplies for a survey party in 1937. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club suggests that Mount Mitchell (about 15 miles north near Mount Albert Edward) was named for the same person, however Norm Stewart, BCLS, who named the mountain in 1935 said the namesake was Mr. J.M. Mitchell of Courtenay. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |