Welcome to Beaver Lake ...

Although we found mention of Beaver Lake during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Beaver Lake was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Beaver Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beaver Lake, please Contact Us.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Lake, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Beaver Lake: Beaver Lk.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Beaver Lake might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Area Codes for Beaver Lake: 250, 236, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Beaver Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Beaver Lake - they are located in Alberta, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ontario (2) and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Lake.

Communities near Beaver Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beaver Lake.

Victoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <3>
Langford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langford
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langford <3>
Oak Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <3>
Colwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwood
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colwood <3>
Sidney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <3>
North Saanich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Saanich came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Saanich
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Saanich <3>
Sooke
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooke
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sooke <3>
View Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <3>
Metchosin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metchosin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metchosin <3>
Friday Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday Harbor
- Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County (WA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,544 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friday Harbor <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beaver Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver Lake.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Beaver Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Lake ...

Looking for more information about Beaver Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beaver Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver Lake.

Adding Beaver Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Beaver Lake was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Beaver Lake and then turned east". While Beaver Lake could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Beaver Lake as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Beaver Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Beaver Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Beaver Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.