Diver Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE of Brannen Lake in Nanaimo, Wellington Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'13"N, 124°00'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 October 1945 on C.3577, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 997A, Nanaimo & New Westminster Mining Divisions, 1908. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Divers Lake" on British War Dept. map, 1859 (title not cited). Labelled "Dive Lake" on Davenport map 2T162, Nanaimo-Alberni section of Vancouver Island, 1950. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This lake evidently formed by collapse of a coal mine here. [note that "diver" is early miner's slang for pickpocket] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |