Quamichan Lake is located in the Comiaken and Quamichan Districts, north east of Duncan. According to the Akriggs, the lake derives its name
from a hill located behind the Quamichan First Nation village that resembles a humpbacked
person.1 A note on the BC Geographical Names website states that Quamichan was an ogre who feasted on children.1
1. G. P. V. Akrigg and H. B. Akrigg, British Columbia Place Names (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997), 219.
2. Quamichan Lake,BC Geographical Names Information System.