Lois Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Liz Lake, Lizard Lake, Gordon Pasha Lake |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| 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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Lois Lake adopted 5 February 1924 on Ottawa file OBF 0836. Application expanded 2 November 1950 on 92F, to include the area formerly covered by Gordon Pasha Lake and Liz Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lois Lake and Gordon Pasha Lake were adopted 5 February 1924; "Lois Lake (not First Gordon Pasha Lake)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. The 3 discrete lakes here were flooded into a single waterbody when the Scanlon Dam across Lois River was completed in 1950. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |