Sunrise Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just N of Mount Albert Edward near head of Oyster River, in Strathcona Provincial Park W of Courtenay, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'41"N, 125°24'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92F/11, as labelled on a sketch by C. S. Wood, 1928; an established local name now. Confirmed 7 October 1948 on 92F/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Driftwood Lake" identified in BC files as old/other name for Sunrise Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |