Liz Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Lois LakeOfficial, Lizard Lake, Gordon Pasha Lake |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Lois River, behind Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°50'56"N, 124°14'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Lizard Lake (not Dalziel Lake)" was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Liz Lake 27 April 1945 on C.3591. Rescinded 2 November 1950 on 92F. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Three discrete lakes (Lois Lake, Gordon Pasha Lake and Liz Lake) were flooded when the Scanlon Dam across Lois River was completed in 1950; the resulting single waterbody to be called Lois Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |