Poirier Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of De Mamiel Creek, just W of Sooke, Otter Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°23'38"N, 123°46'03"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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Poirier Lake adopted 12 June 1934 on National Defence sheet 415c, Sooke. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Earlier local name was Hiscocks Lake (dates/significance not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the Poirier family, old timers in this district. See Poirier Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |