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* 101 Mile Lake * 103 Mile Lake * 105 Mile Lake * 108 Mile Lake

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* Adams Lake * Alouette Lake * Alta Lake (British Columbia) * Ambrose Lake (British Columbia) * Anderson Lake (British Columbia) * Angora Lake *

Angus Horne Lake Angus Horne Lake is located in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is an expansion of Angus Horne Creek which rises from an unnamed glacier in the Cariboo Mountains. The outflow, also called Angus Horne Creek, f ...

Arrow Lakes The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Bea ...

Atlin Lake Atlin Lake ( Lingít: ''Áa Tlein'') is the largest natural lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The northern tip of the lake is in Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British ...

* Azure Lake *

Azouzetta Lake Azouzetta Lake, elevation 876m (2,874 ft), is a lake in the Hart Ranges of the Northern Rockies of British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and ...

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Babine Lake Babine Lake ( ) or Na-taw-bun-kut ("Long Lake") is the longest natural lake in British Columbia, Canada. Babine Lake is located northeast of the town of Burns Lake in central British Columbia, some west northwest of the city of Prince George. ...

* Ball Lake * Battleship Lake * Bear Lake (Bear River) * Bennett Lake * Berg Lake * Bolton Lake (British Columbia) * Bridge Lake (British Columbia) * Brigade Lake * Bughouse Lake * Buntzen Lake *

Burnaby Lake Burnaby Lake is a lake located in Burnaby, British Columbia and is the focal geographic feature and namesake of Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The lake occupies of land, and is home to a large variety of wildlife. At least 70 species of birds make ...

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* Cahilty Lake (British Columbia) * Canim Lake (British Columbia) * Capilano Lake * Carp Lake Provincial Park *

Carpenter Lake Carpenter Lake, officially Carpenter Lake Reservoir, is the largest of the three reservoirs of the Bridge River Power Project, which is located in the mountains west of Lillooet, British Columbia. The lake is about 185 kilometres north of the pro ...

Cecil Lake (Peace River Country) Cecil Lake is a lake in the Peace River Country of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1910 for Major Cecil Morton Roberts who was Surveyor-General of British Columbia in that year. The community of Cecil Lake was named for this ...

* Chadsey Lake * Champion Lakes Provincial Park * Charlie Lake (British Columbia) * Charlotte Lake (British Columbia) * Cheakamus Lake *

Chehalis Lake Chehalis Lake is a lake on the Chehalis River (British Columbia), Chehalis River in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The lake and the river share the name with the community of Chehalis, British Columbia, which is the ...

* Cheslatta Lake * Chilcotin Lake * Chilko Lake *

Chilliwack Lake Chilliwack Lake is a lake in the upper basin of the Chilliwack River southeast of the city of the same name in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The lake, while entirely within Canada, is located just north of the border between Br ...

Christina Lake (British Columbia) Christina Lake is a lake located along the Crowsnest Highway in the south-central area of British Columbia known as Boundary Country, which separates the Okanagan region from the Kootenays. It is located 23 kilometers east of Grand Forks, just ...

* Chute Lake * Clearwater Lake (British Columbia) * Clendinning Lake * Clowhom Lake * Columbia Lake * Como Lake (British Columbia) * Consinka Lake * Coquitlam Lake * Costalot Lake * Cowichan Lake * Croteau Lake * Cuisson Lake *

Cultus Lake, British Columbia Cultus Lake is a lake, associated community and provincial park in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is the source of the Sweltzer River. Cultus Lake is located south of the Chilliwack River, near the city of Chilliwack ...

* Cunningham Lake

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* Davis Lake (British Columbia) *

Dease Lake (British Columbia) Dease Lake is a lake in the Stikine Plateau of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located at the head of the Dease River, which flows north then northeast from the lake to join the Liard River. The community of Dease Lake, Bri ...

* Decker Lake (British Columbia) * Deer Lake (British Columbia) * Deka Lake * Devick Lake (British Columbia) * Divers Lake * Duncan (Amazay) Lake *

Duncan Lake (British Columbia) Duncan Lake is a man-made reservoir lake in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, formed by Duncan Dam and about 45 km in length. It is fed by the Duncan River, which forms part of the boundary between the Selkirk Mountains to ...

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* Eagle Lake (British Columbia) * Elfin Lakes *

Elk Lake (British Columbia) Elk Lake is a large lake located in Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park in Saanich, British Columbia. Elk Lake and Beaver Lake are actually one lake as a shallow channel connects them. Elk/Beaver lake was known as the "Freshwater Playground of Victoria ...

* Elk Lakes (British Columbia) * Elsay Lake *

Emerald Lake (British Columbia) Emerald Lake is a freshwater lake located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho National Park is one of the 4 contiguous National Parks in the heart of Canada's Rocky Mountains, along the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta ...

* Emma Lake, (Powell River Area) * Lake Errock (British Columbia) *

Evans Lake (British Columbia) Evans Lake is a small, roughly triangular lake having a perimeter of about 1.3 kilometers, on the rise between the Cheakamus River, Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers in British Columbia, Canada. The site has been home to youth camps since 1959. For de ...

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* Floe Lake * François Lake *

Frog Lakes The Frog Lakes are a group of lakes, drained eastward by an unnamed stream feeding the Frog River, a tributary of the Kechika River in the Stikine Ranges of the northern interior of British Columbia. Though not the hydrological source of the Frog ...

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Garibaldi Lake Garibaldi Lake is a turquoise-coloured alpine lake in British Columbia, Canada, located 37 km (23 mi) north of Squamish and 19 km (12 mi) south of Whistler. The lake lies within Garibaldi Provincial Park, which features mount ...

* Gates Lake *

Granite Lake (Kawdy Plateau) Granite Lake is a lake on the Kawdy Plateau of the British Columbia Interior, Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located northwest of the junction of the Nahlin River, Nahlin and Tuya River, Tuya rivers in Cassiar Land District. ...

Granite Lake (Powell River) Granite Lake is a small lake in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east-northeast of the city of Powell River in New Westminster Land District. It lies west of the south end of Horse ...

* Green Lake (Cariboo) * Green Lake (Whistler) * Greendrop Lake * Greig Lake (Vancouver Island) * Gun Lake (British Columbia) * Gunanoot Lake

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* Harrison Lake * Hatzic Lake * Hawthorn Lake *

Hayward Lake Hayward Lake is a lake and reservoir on the Stave River in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the District of Mission about 60 km east of Vancouver, Hayward Lake is formed by Ruskin Dam, which lies about 3 km up ...

Hobson Lake Hobson Lake is the uppermost lake on the Clearwater River in east-central British Columbia, Canada. Hobson Lake is one of the six major lakes in Wells Gray Provincial Park.Neave, Roland (2023). ''Exploring Wells Gray Park'', 7th edition. Wells Gr ...

* Horsefly Lake * Howard Lake (British Columbia)

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* Ilthpaya Lake * Inga Lake * Inland Lake Provincial Park

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* Jack Shark Lake * John Hart Lake * Junker Lake

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* Kalamalka Lake * Kamloops Lake * Kawkawa Lake * Kennedy Lake (Vancouver Island) * Kinbasket Lake *

Kinney Lake Kinney Lake is a lake located in Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. The lake can be reached by following the Berg Lake Trail for 4.2 kilometres. The lake is an expansion of the Robson River (a tributary of the upper Fraser ...

* Kitkiata Lake * Kluskus Lakes * Knewstubb Lake * Knouff Lake (British Columbia) *

Kokanee Lake Kokanee Lake is one of over 30 alpine lakes located in British Columbia, British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The lake is approximately long and wide, at an elevation of and located at the head of Kokanee Creek. It is fed by t ...

Lake Koocanusa Lake Koocanusa () is a reservoir in British Columbia (Canada) and Montana (United States) formed by the damming of the Kootenai River by the Libby Dam in 1972. The Dam was formally dedicated by President Gerald Ford on August 24, 1975. The la ...

* Kootenay Lake *

Kostal Lake Kostal Lake is a lake located in Wells Gray Provincial Park, east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Murtle Lake Murtle Lake is a lava dammed lake located in Wells Gray Provincial Park, east-central British Columbia, Canada ...

* Kotcho Lake

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* Lac La Hache * Lafarge Lake * Lajoie Lake * Lava Lake * Lava Lakes * Lac Le Jeune * Lightning Lake *

Lillooet Lake Lillooet Lake is a lake in British Columbia, Canada about 25 km in length and about 33.5 square kilometres (22 mi²) in area. It is about 95 km downstream from the source of the Lillooet River, which resumes its course after leavi ...

* Lindeman Lake (Chilkoot Trail) * Lindeman Lake (Chilliwack) * Little Lillooet Lake * Little Shuswap Lake *

Lizard Lake (Juan de Fuca, Vancouver Island) Lizard Lake is a lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada near the town of Port Renfrew. It is located in the Capital Regional District#Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, Capital Regional District (not to be confused with Lizard Lake (Vanco ...

Lizard Lake (Vancouver Island) Lizard Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island and is an expansion of Williams Creek. The lake lies at above sea level in the China Creek Community Watershed. See also *List of lakes of British Columbia This is an incomplete list of lakes ...

* Lizard Pond *

Long Lake (British Columbia) There are many lakes named Long Lake in British Columbia, Canada. They are, (in alphabetic order): * Long Lake (Batchelor), located in the area of the Batchelor Range northwest of Kamloops at * Long Lake (Bella Coola), southeast of Thunder Mount ...

Long Lake (Smith Inlet) Long Lake is a lake south of the head of Smith Inlet in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It flows west into the Smith Inlet and its main tributary is Smokehouse Creek at its north-east end. Among the many Indian reserves in ...

Long Lake (Vancouver Island) Long Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area ...

Loon Lake, British Columbia Loon Lake, British Columbia may refer to one of a number of lakes in this province of Canada with this precise name or to others with similar names. Lakes with this name * Loon Lake, British Columbia (Lillooet Land District) * Loon Lake, Britis ...

* Lost Lagoon * Lost Lake (Whistler)

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* Mabel Lake * Macallan Lake * Mahoney Lake * Mahood Lake *

Maltby Lake Maltby Lake is located in South southwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is located 10 km north of Victoria, British Columbia in the Tod Creek Watershed. The lake is the headwaters for the watershed, which eventually feeds the worl ...

* Mara Lake * Marblerock Lake * Mariwood Lake * Marsh Marigold Lake * Martin Lake (British Columbia) * Mary Lake (British Columbia) * Lake McArthur * McCombe Lake * McCoy Lake *

McDougall Lake McDougall Lake is a lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east-central British Columbia, Canada. It drains through File Creek into Murtle Lake. Naming McDougall Lake and McDougall Falls on the Murtle River were named for Pete McDougal who homestea ...

* McLeese Lake * Mercs Lake * Mess Lake * Meziadin Lake Provincial Park * Mill Lake (British Columbia) * Moberly Lake (British Columbia) * Monte Lake * Moose Lake (British Columbia) * Morfee Lake * Moyie Lake * Muncho Lake *

Murtle Lake Murtle Lake is a lava dammed lake located in Wells Gray Provincial Park, east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is fed primarily by the Murtle River which rises from a large unnamed glacier in the Cariboo Mountains at an elevation of and flo ...

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* Nanaimo Lakes *

Nation Lakes The Nation Lakes are a series of four lakes in the Nation River system of the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from ...

* Nechako Lakes * Ness Lake *

Nicola Lake Nicola Lake is a glacially formed narrow, deep lake located in the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada approximately thirty kilometres northeast of the city of Merritt. It was a centrepoint of the first settlements in the grasslan ...

* Nimpkish Lake * Nimpo Lake * Nitinat Lake

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Lake O'Hara Lake O'Hara is a lake at an elevation of in the alpine area of Yoho National Park, in the province of British Columbia, on the western side of the Great Divide with the province of Alberta and Banff National Park to the east. The lake and the v ...

* Lake Oesa *

Okanagan Lake Okanagan Lake ( oka, kɬúsx̌nítkw) is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is long, between wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.). Hydrography Okanagan Lake is called a fjord lake as i ...

Opabin Lake Opabin Lake is a body of water located at an elevation of in the mountains of Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, Canada. Opabin Lake can be accessed by two climbing trails, the East Opabin trail and the West Opabin trail, which form ...

Osoyoos Lake Osoyoos Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state of the United States. Osoyoos is derived from the word ''sẁiẁs'' meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local Okanagan language (Syilx'tsn). Located on the lak ...

* Otter Lake, British Columbia * Owikeno Lake

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* Paterson Lake * Paul Lake Provincial Park *

Pavilion Lake Pavilion Lake is a freshwater lake located in Marble Canyon, British Columbia, Canada home to colonies of freshwater microbialites. Location and Local Communities It is located between the towns of Lillooet and Cache Creek (29.44 kilometres WN ...

* Peak Lake * Pinantan Lake * Piper Lake * Pitt Lake * Poum Lake * Powell Lake *

Puntzi Lake Puntzi Lake is a lake in the Chilcotin District of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia. It is located on the western side of the upper Chilcotin River to the northeast of Tatla Lake, and is connected to the Chilcoti ...

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Quesnel Lake Quesnel Lake is a glacial lake or fjord in British Columbia, Canada, and is the major tributary of the Fraser River. With a maximum depth of , it is claimed to be the deepest fjord lake in the world, the deepest lake in BC, and the third-deepest ...

* Quennell Lake

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Ray Lake Ray Lake is a lake located in Wells Gray Provincial Park, east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is fed by and drained by Falls Creek which flows into the Clearwater River (British Columbia), Clearwater River at its outlet from Clearwater Lake ...

* Lake Revelstoke * Rimrock Lake, British Columbia * Robson Lake * Rose Lake (British Columbia) * Rose Lake (Bulkley) *

Ross Lake (Washington) Ross Lake is a large reservoir in the North Cascade mountains of northern Washington state, United States, and southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The lake runs approximately north–south, is 23 miles (37 km) long, up to 1.5 miles (2.5 ...

* Rice Lake (North Vancouver, BC)

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* Sasamat Lake * Scum Lake (British Columbia) * Seton Lake * Shawnigan Lake *

Sherbrooke Lake (British Columbia) Sherbrooke Lake is a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is bounded on the west by Mount Ogden (British Columbia), Mount Ogden , Mount Niles to the north, and Paget Peak on the east side. The lake can be reached by follo ...

Shuswap Lake Shuswap Lake (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) is a lake located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little Shuswap River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River, ...

* Sikanni Chief Lake * Silver Snag Lake * Silvermere Lake (Canada) * Skaha Lake * Slocan Lake * Somers Lake * Spider Lake (Vancouver Island) * Spotted Lake * Squeah Lake * Squint Lake *

Stave Lake Stave Lake is a lake and reservoir for the production of hydroelectricity in the Stave River system, located on the northern edge of the District of Mission, about east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The main arm of the lake is about ...

* Stawamus Lake * Stuart Lake * Stump Lake * Sulphurous Lake * Sumas Lake *

Summit Lake (Crooked River) Summit Lake, elevation 710 m (2329 ft), is a lake in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of the city of Prince George. It is the namesake of the community of the same name, which lies alongside the ...

Sustut Lake Sustut Lake is a lake in the Omineca Mountains of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Germansen Landing in the Cassiar Land District. It is the source of the Sustut River, which flows roughly west and is a majo ...

* Swan Lake (Okanagan)

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Tagish Lake Tagish Lake is a lake in Yukon and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is more than long and about wide. It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in ...

* Takla Lake * Taseko Lakes * Tatla Lake * Tatlatui Lake * Tatlayoko Lake * Teslin Lake *

Thetis Lake Thetis Lake is a name that refers to two freshwater lakes (Upper and Lower Thetis) connected by a narrow culvert in the Thetis Lake Regional Park outside Victoria, British Columbia, about from the city centre. It was established as Canada's fir ...

Thutade Lake Thutade Lake is located in the Omineca Mountains of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. About in length, and no more than about wide, the lake is primarily significant as the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River. The lake i ...

* Toy Lake (Vancouver Island) *

Trembleur Lake Trembleur Lake is a lake in the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, northwest of Fort St. James between Stuart Lake and the south end of Takla Lake. It is part of the Nechako Lakes. Its name in the Dakelh langu ...

Trout Lake (British Columbia) Trout Lake is a ribbon lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Between the Selkirk Mountains to the west and the Purcell Mountains to the east, the lake is about long and wide. Lardeau Creek flows into the northern e ...

* Tuc-el-nuit Lake * Tumtum Lake *

Tuya Lake Tuya Lake, located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, presumably derives its name from the presence of nearby steep-sided, flat-topped volcanoes, known as tuyas. The lake is situated just south of Tuya Butte at a latitude of about 59 degre ...

Tyaughton Lake Tyaughton Lake, also known as Tyax Lake, is a lake in the Bridge River Country of the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of Carpenter Lake, a reservoir along the Bridge River formed by Terzaghi Dam of the B ...

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Upper Summit Lake (British Columbia) Upper Summit Lake is a lake in Cariboo Land District, in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, about north of the city of Prince George and south of the community of Bear Lake. It lies just west of Highway 97 (John Hart Highway) ...

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Vaseux Lake Vaseux Lake is a shallow freshwater lake located along the course of the Okanagan River in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Name origin The name "'' vaseux''" is French, meaning muddy or murky, which is descriptive of the lake ...

* Vidette Lake * View Lake (Vancouver Island) * Volcano Lake

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* Wagner Lakes *

Wahleach Lake Wahleach Lake, commonly known as Jones Lake, is a lake and reservoir located in the Skagit Range in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, east of the city of Chilliwack and southwest of the town of Hope. The lake, which was a resting p ...

* Wanetta Lake *

Wapta Lake Wapta Lake is a glacial lake in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia, Canada. Wapta Lake is formed from Cataract Brook and Blue Creek in Yoho National Park, and is the source of the Kicking Horse River. The Trans ...

* Wasa Lake *

Wedgemount Lake Wedgemount Lake is a turquoise-coloured alpine lake located in Garibaldi Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated below Wedge Mountain, Parkhurst Mountain, Rethel Mountain, and Mount Weart. Meltwater from Wedgemount Glacier and ...

Wheaton Lake Wheaton Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island west of Marble Peak on the south side of Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park. See also *List of lakes of British Columbia This is an incomplete list of lakes of British Columbia, a pr ...

Whonnock Lake Whonnock Lake'' It is a natural muskeg lake and, if left alone, it will slowly turn into a peat marsh. The only regular water input is from the north. There is an exit to Whonnock Creek on the south-east side originally closed off by a sandbar (be ...

* Wicheeda Lake *

Williams Lake (British Columbia) Williams Lake is a lake in the city of the Williams Lake, British Columbia, same name in the Cariboo region of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Williams Lake Indian Reserve No. 1, a.k.a. "Sugarcane Res ...

* Williamson Lake *

Williston Lake Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam and is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Geography The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is ...

Windermere Lake (British Columbia) Lake Windermere (or Windermere Lake) is a very large widening in the Columbia River. The village of Windermere is located on the east side of the lake, and the larger town of Invermere is located on the lake's northwestern corner. The average dep ...

Wokkpash Lake Wokkpash Lake is a lake in the Canadian Rockies in northeast British Columbia, Canada. It is about west of Fort Nelson along the Alaska Highway. Location The lake lies on the Wokkpash creek. The Wokkpash Valley has dramatic scenery, including im ...

Wood Lake (British Columbia) Wood Lake is a lake in a chain of five major lakes which occupies portions of the Okanagan Valley in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The lakes of the Okanagan Valley were formed by about 8900 BP. Wood Lake is immediately south of K ...

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* Xenov Lake

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* Yakoun Lake (Yaaguun Suu)

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