Coquitlam Lake

COQUITLAM LAKE, 12.5 sq km, a narrow lake in the COAST MTS east of VANCOUVER, drains via the Coquitlam R to empty into the FRASER R just east of the PORT MANN Bridge. The river's lower reaches form the boundary between COQUITLAM and PORT COQUITLAM. The name is a corruption of Kwikwetl'em, the FIRST NATION that originally occupied the area. The lake was dammed at its lower end in 1903 and water was diverted via a 3.5-km tunnel to neighbouring BUNTZEN LK for HYDROELECTRIC purposes. At the time it...

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