| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of Langford Lake, W of Mill Stream, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°27'30"N, 123°30'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415h, Goldstream, as labelled on J.D. Pemberton's 1855 map "South Eastern Districts of Vancouver Island", and on BC Lands map 2A, 1913, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named for Florence Isabella Langford, fifth daughter of Captain Edward Edwards Langford, JP, manager of HBC's "Colwood Farm", near Victoria. Langford and his family emigrated from Sussex to the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1851, and remained here for 10 years before returning to England. Florence Isabella subsequently married Charles Land Pugh. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |