| Language of origin | French language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Devereux Creek, E side lower Klinaklini River, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°13'32"N, 125°35'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Devereux Lake adopted 3 April 1928 on 92/NW in association with Devereux Creek, not "Third Lake" as identified on early maps (date/titles not cited), nor "Mussel Lake" as identified on Don Munday's 1927 map of the Coast Mountains (file M.1.27). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Laurette Lake submitted 1 February 1928 by Don Munday (file M.1.27): "Laurette Lake...a name that would have with some currency among those resident or visiting Knight Inlet. Refers to Mrs. J.S. Stanton, née Laurette Devereux, a distinctly remarkable woman who has lived at the lake in winter while her husband trapped." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |