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region had been inhabited by the Kettle
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Christina Lake Golf Club, an 18-hole, 6,685-yard (6,113 m) championship course designed by golf course architect Les Furber. The course has a rare feature, black sand traps.
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Vacation homes surround the lake and outdoor adventure providers cater to adventure enthusiasts. Not considered a great sport fishing lake, it is home to
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beginning at a depth of approximately 10 feet in the summer. The lake is renowned as the warmest tree-lined lake in
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Christina Lake Alpine Resort.
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325:List of lakes of British Columbia
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1115:Lakes of British Columbia
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256:Japanese internment camp
1007:Strait of Juan de Fuca
854:Queen Charlotte Strait
731:Princess Royal Channel
199:, which separates the
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726:Prince Rupert Harbour
350:BC Geographical Names
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309:Monashee Mountains
268:Trans Canada Trail
187:located along the
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957:Malaspina Strait
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819:Johnstone Strait
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952:Jervis Inlet
912:Calm Channel
897:Boundary Bay
892:Baynes Sound
844:Phillips Arm
829:Knight Inlet
784:Belize Inlet
766:Wright Sound
746:Rivers Inlet
706:Lama Passage
613:Masset Inlet
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932:Haro Strait
887:Active Pass
804:Drury Inlet
761:Smith Sound
756:Smith Inlet
638:North Coast
608:Laskeek Bay
590:Haida Gwaii
397:Hydrography
262:Attractions
209:Grand Forks
147:Max. length
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82:Coordinates
1109:Categories
1065:Hansen Bay
1050:Brooks Bay
1017:Toba Inlet
972:Ramsay Arm
947:Howe Sound
879:Salish Sea
794:Call Inlet
789:Bute Inlet
331:References
155:Max. width
563:Williston
528:Kinbasket
205:Kootenays
195:known as
543:Okanagan
533:Kootenay
523:Harrison
513:Cowichan
477:Thompson
432:Kootenay
422:Cowichan
417:Columbia
319:See also
274:and the
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95:118°15′W
71:Location
548:Shuswap
538:Nechako
472:Stikine
462:Quesnel
452:Nechako
442:Nanaimo
223:History
92:49°07′N
558:Teslin
553:Tagish
508:Babine
467:Skeena
427:Fraser
409:Rivers
138:Canada
503:Atlin
495:Lakes
457:Peace
437:Liard
286:trout
279:Trail
229:Métis
183:is a
133:Basin
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483:more
447:Nass
292:and
266:The
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