| Language of origin | Salishan language family ʔayʔaǰuθəm language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of lower Quinsam River, just SW of Campbell River (city), Comox Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'13"N, 125°22'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on 92F/14, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Middle Quinsam and Upper Quinsam Lakes are located further upstream, hence this one has sometimes been distinguished as "Lower Quinsam Lake". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"From the Island Comox name meaning 'resting place.' The area was important for the Island Comox people since a special mask, known as xwayxway, was believed to have fallen here from the sky." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |