Stave Lake

STAVE LAKE, 58.6 sq km, is a widening in the Stave R tucked in the mountains north of MISSION. The 27-km long lake, inaccessible by road, was created by construction of a HYDROELECTRIC dam at Stave Falls during 1908–21. It drains south via the river to the FRASER R at RUSKIN. Mt Judge Howay Provincial PARK (61.8 sq km) is at its north end. LOGGING, some of which was done by rail, was important in the area, and communities formed on Dewdney Trunk Road at Stave Falls and nearby Steelhead in the...

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