Elk Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Cordova Bay on Saanich Peninsula, NW of Victoria, Lake Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°31'46"N, 123°23'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1934 on Department of Defence map 415d, Saanich, as labelled on J.D.Pemberton's Map of Southeastern Districts of Vancouver Island, 1855, and on BC Lands' map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Elevation above sea level: 196 ft. (Geological Survey map 21A, Saanich, 1911) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |