Volcano Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just S of Puzzle Mountain, W of Elkhorn Mountain on W side of Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°46'42"N, 125°54'17"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Labelled Crater Lake on BC map 2C, 1919 and so-listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Volcano Lake adopted 6 January 1949 on 92F/13, as labelled on N.C. Stewart's 1936 map of the area. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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N.C. Stewart, BCLS, suggested change to Volcano Lake in 1936, presumably to avoid duplication. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |