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According to a newspaper article from 1941 written by an early prospector and currently posted in an old mining cabin in
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Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
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246:List of lakes of British Columbia
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148:2,920 ft (890 m)
1095:Lakes of British Columbia
1038:Cariboo Regional District
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140:100 m (330 ft)
132:6 km (3.7 mi)
923:Strait of Juan de Fuca
770:Queen Charlotte Strait
647:Princess Royal Channel
98:50.86667°N 122.88333°W
657:Queen Charlotte Sound
642:Prince Rupert Harbour
274:BC Geographical Names
251:Gunn (disambiguation)
1100:Bridge River Country
183:Bridge River Country
103:50.86667; -122.88333
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173:and also known as
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943:Victoria Harbour
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873:Malaspina Strait
838:Desolation Sound
735:Johnstone Strait
667:Seaforth Channel
652:Principe Channel
617:Juan Perez Sound
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868:Jervis Inlet
828:Calm Channel
813:Boundary Bay
808:Baynes Sound
760:Phillips Arm
745:Knight Inlet
700:Belize Inlet
682:Wright Sound
662:Rivers Inlet
622:Lama Passage
529:Masset Inlet
519:Darwin Sound
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175:Big Gun Lake
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24:Big Gun Lake
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996:Pachena Bay
848:Haro Strait
803:Active Pass
720:Drury Inlet
677:Smith Sound
672:Smith Inlet
554:North Coast
524:Laskeek Bay
506:Haida Gwaii
313:Hydrography
256:Gunn Valley
211:Lajoie Lake
195:Gold Bridge
157:Settlements
129:Max. length
101: /
89:122°53′00″W
76:Coordinates
1089:Categories
981:Hansen Bay
966:Brooks Bay
933:Toba Inlet
888:Ramsay Arm
863:Howe Sound
795:Salish Sea
710:Call Inlet
705:Bute Inlet
269:"Gun Lake"
262:References
222:ghost town
137:Max. depth
86:50°52′00″N
479:Williston
444:Kinbasket
215:Gun Lakes
199:Gun Creek
171:Gunn Lake
49:Gun Lake
21:Gun Lake
459:Okanagan
449:Kootenay
439:Harrison
429:Cowichan
393:Thompson
348:Kootenay
338:Cowichan
333:Columbia
240:See also
226:Bralorne
167:Gun Lake
160:Gun Lake
65:Location
464:Shuswap
454:Nechako
388:Stikine
378:Quesnel
368:Nechako
358:Nanaimo
185:of the
177:, is a
1042:Canada
474:Teslin
469:Tagish
424:Babine
383:Skeena
343:Fraser
325:Rivers
191:Canada
120:Canada
1044:is a
419:Atlin
411:Lakes
373:Peace
353:Liard
115:Basin
1046:stub
485:more
399:more
363:Nass
179:lake
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