Swan Lake
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Saanich District Municipality, W. of Mount Tolmie, Victoria Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°27'47"N, 123°22'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted on 1 May 1934 OBF 1449, as established on BC Lands Map 2A, 1913. Also labelled in B.C. Gazetteer 1930. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Reported to be named after James Gilchrist Swan of Port Townsend, Washington, who studied British Columbia's First Nations (information from Colquitz: A watershed of history, by Maureen Funk, Times-Colonist, Islander magazine section, 14 May 1995). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |