Axe Lake
This small lake is located southeast of Williams Lake, in south-central British Columbia. In this document, Douglas mentions Axe Lake as part of his detailed road-plans for the region. James Wyld's map from 1858 spells it as “Ax L”.1
  • 1. Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver: Cavendish Books, 1999), 153.
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Douglas, Sir James

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Williams Lake

The Colonial Despatches Team. Axe Lake. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/axe_lake.html.

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