| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In North Vancouver District Municipality, between Lynn Creek and Seymour River, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'20"N, 123°00'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on BC map 2D, Powell Lake, as labelled on 1913 "Map of New Westminster District", drawn by D.R.Harris, PLS (file P.1.24); name confirmed 7 December 1937 on 92G/6. Name rescinded 7 May 1959 on 92 G, following a field survey the previous year that indicated that this lake had dried up. Subsequently identified on Chamber of Commerce Maps, and confirmed that Water Rights Branch has re-issued licences on the lake (file F.1.34 pt.3). Name re-instated 28 March 1979 on 92G/6.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Harris's 1913 map labels "Pipe Line Road" between the intake on Lynn Creek and Rice Lake, suggesting that water was being diverted to Rice Lake; BC map 5B, 1929, shows the intakes and pipelines diverting water from Lynn Creek into Rice Lake (presumably for storage), thence SW through the District of North Vancouver into the City of North Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |