McCombe Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of N end Buntzen Lake, N of Port Coquitlam, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°22'09"N, 122°51'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"McCombe Lake (not Cedar Swamp nor Trout Lake)" adopted 8 March 1989 on 92G/7, as submitted by J. Bruce Prior as part of a package resulting from a 3-day expedition along the Fraser River Divide. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Bob McCombe, foreman of Tunnel Camp, who lived beside the lake with his family from 1911-1929. He died just prior to WWII. Mr. McCombe's memoirs at Simon Fraser University Archives detail the area and conditions of the time. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |