Lafarge Lake

Artificial lake in Coquitlam, British Columbia

49°17′13″N 122°47′20″W / 49.287°N 122.7889°W / 49.287; -122.7889TypeArtificial lakeBasin countriesCanadaSurface area5 ha (12 acres)Average depth4 m (13 ft)Max. depth8 m (26 ft)Surface elevation31 m (102 ft)

Lafarge Lake is a five-hectare man-made lake, located in Town Centre Park in central Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Evergreen Cultural Centre lies on the southwest corner of the lake, and the Water's Edge Festival is held on the lake shore for 25 continuous hours in March.^[1]

The area was originally a quarry, but in the 1970s the land was transferred to the city of Coquitlam, and a successful reclamation project ensued.^[2]

The lake is home to many species of waterfowl, as well as beavers, common carp, brown bullhead, bluegill, and is stocked with rainbow trout in the spring and fall.

References

^ Water's Edge: Introduction Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 18 October 2009
^ Thorson, Janet (9 March 1986). "Lafarge Lake will become Coquitlam's Stanley Park". The Sunday News. p. 3. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Lafarge Lake
Fishing in Lafarge Lake w/map
"Lafarge Lake". BC Geographical Names.

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Haida Gwaii	Cumshewa Inlet Darwin Sound Laskeek Bay Masset Inlet Rennell Sound Skidegate Channel Skidegate Inlet
North Coast	Arthur Passage Burke Channel Chatham Sound Dixon Entrance Douglas Channel Finlayson Channel Fisher Channel Fitz Hugh Sound Gardner Canal Grenville Channel Hecate Strait Juan Perez Sound Lama Passage Laredo Channel Milbanke Sound Portland Inlet Prince Rupert Harbour Princess Royal Channel Principe Channel Queen Charlotte Sound Rivers Inlet Seaforth Channel Smith Inlet Smith Sound Wright Sound
Central Coast	Belize Inlet Bute Inlet Call Inlet Cordero Channel Drury Inlet Frederick Arm Goletas Channel Johnstone Strait Kingcome Inlet Knight Inlet Loughborough Inlet Nodales Channel Phillips Arm Pryce Channel Queen Charlotte Strait Seymour Inlet Sutlej Channel Wells Passage
Salish Sea	Active Pass Baynes Sound Boundary Bay Boundary Pass Burrard Inlet Calm Channel Captain Passage Desolation Sound Discovery Passage Haro Strait Homfray Channel Hoskyn Channel Howe Sound Jervis Inlet Malaspina Strait Okisollo Channel Port San Juan Ramsay Arm Saanich Inlet Sansum Narrows Satellite Channel Sechelt Inlet Stuart Channel Strait of Georgia Strait of Juan de Fuca Sutil Channel Toba Inlet Trincomali Channel Victoria Harbour
Vancouver Island	Barkley Sound Brooks Bay Checleset Bay Clayoquot Sound Hansen Bay Kyuquot Sound Nootka Sound Pachena Bay Quatsino Sound San Josef Bay

v t e City of Coquitlam
Features	Coat of arms
History	Fraser Mills Maillardville
Geography	Brunette River Colony Farm Regional Park Como Lake Coquitlam Lake Coquitlam River Eagle Mountain Fraser River Glen Park Lafarge Lake Minnekhada Regional Park Mundy Park Pinecone Burke Provincial Park Pitt River Town Centre Park Tree Island
Politics	City Council City Hall
Public services	Coquitlam Search and Rescue Coquitlam Public Library
Education	Coquitlam College Douglas College School District 43
Culture	Evergreen Cultural Centre Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble Stage 43 Theatrical Society Festival du Bois Films shot in Coquitlam Hard Rock Casino Vancouver The Molson Canadian Theatre Place des Arts Tallest buildings Water's Edge Festival
Transportation	British Columbia Highway 7 British Columbia Highway 7A British Columbia Highway 7B Dewdney Trunk Road Eleanor Ward Bridge Pinetree Way TransLink Bus routes Skytrain West Coast Express
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