Deeks Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Northernmost of the Deeks Lakes, NE of Lions Bay (community) at N end of Cypress Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°30'55"N, 123°12'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Deeks Lake adopted 28 July 1945 on C.3579, as labelled on BC map 5B, Howe Sound, 1929, applying to the northernmost (or lower) of 3 lakes on Deeks Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Deeks Lake (not Crystal Lake)" identified in the 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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After John F. Deeks of the Deeks Gravel & Rock Company Ltd. See also Deeks Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |