Ambrose Lake is a coastal lake on the

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at the north end of the

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. It is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of about southwest of the community of Earls Cove and east of the

Agamemnon Channel Agamemnon Channel ( shashishalh ''lilkw´ émin'') is a channel or strait in British Columbia, Canada, at the mouth of Jervis Inlet on the South Coast, separating Nelson Island (W and NW) from the mainland of the Sunshine Coast (E and SE). The fer ...

. The primary outflow is an unnamed creek to Ruby Lake. The origin of the name is unknown, but was adopted officially on July 28, 1945. The Ambrose Lake Ecological Reserve encompasses the lake, in part to protect

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landscapes on the northern edge of the lake and along the outlet creek to Ruby Lake, landscapes seldom found elsewhere in southwest British Columbia.

References

* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia) Lakes of British Columbia Sunshine Coast Regional District New Westminster Land District {{Canada-lake-stub

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