Summary for Trout Lake

Although we found mention of Trout Lake during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

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Typical Abbreviation: Trout Lk.

Time Zone: Trout Lake lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT)<2> The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Telephone Area Codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<3>

Elevation: 2,380 feet [725.42 m] above sea level<4>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<5>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Trout Lake:

Lat: 50.647200° (or 50°38'49" N)

Lon: -117.538900° (or -117°32'20" W)

About British Columbia

Websites for Province of British Columbia

Official Website: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Tourism: https://www.hellobc.com/

Parks: https://bcparks.ca/

Fishing & Hunting: https://bcparks.ca/plan-your-trip/visit-responsibly/fishing-hunting-guide/

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 Trout Lake and then turned west". While Trout Lake could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Trout 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 Trout 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. Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another British Columbia community named Trout Lake.
<2>	While Trout Lake is in the Pacific Time Zone, the area to the east is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
<3>	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, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Trout Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Trout Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trout Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Trout Lake, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.