Elfin Lakes
| Feature Type: | Lakes - Inland body of standing water. Plural of Lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N end of Paul Ridge, S of Mount Garibaldi in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°47'07"N, 122°59'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 September 1978 on Garibaldi Park Map PSG3, as identified in a pamphlet for a local lodge. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"...a pair of lakes at the northeast of Paul Ridge...is known as Crystal Lakes. "Crystal Lakes" does not appear on any maps. The advertising pamphlet for Diamond Head Chalet includes a picture of Elfin Lakes and a sketch showing the lakes & the Chalet on the lakeshore (these are the same as Crystal Lakes.)" (21 July 1946 letter from W.H. Mathews, Vancouver City Archivist, file V.2.50) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |