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G. Robert (Bob) Webster established a general store around 1939 and became postmaster when the post office reopened in 1940. The store property was on the west side of the highway at the south end of the lake. While postmaster 1947–1959, Evelyn
Dvorack managed the store, gas pumps, and tourist cabins
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The name of
Squakum Lake was officially adopted for the lake in 1924, but appeared as Erroch on earlier documentation. The railway siding was called Squakum. In 1940, the designation of the post office as Lake Errock established the community name. In 1974, the lake was likewise officially renamed.
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On the north corner of
Watkins Rd, the one-room elementary school existed 1957–1982. On the south corner, the church erected in 1961, which affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren in 1964, became a satellite congregation of the Central Community Church in Chilliwack in 2017.
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relief camps were set up on
Skumalasph Island and on the north side of Malcolm Rd. While upgrading the road westward, labour unrest and low productivity were common, before the camps closed in 1936. Transportation developments farther westward align with those of
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In the late 1880s, Felix Parent was the initial pioneer settler, acquiring an acreage now fronted by the gas station. In the early 1890s, the Ross Ranch, which encompassed the lake, was described as the largest fruit ranch in the lower
Province.
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Tom Wilson was the inaugural postmaster 1892–1895. Wilson, the Ross Ranch manager, operated the post office from his home. When the ranch ceased to be viable, the post office also closed that yearend.
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The infrastructure includes a gas station/convenience store and a volunteer fire hall. A campground lies to the northeast. The post office is at
Harrison Bay.
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In the 1960s, Lake Errock became a predominantly residential area of vacation properties when subdivisions were created.
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is believed to have headed the syndicate that owned the property. The venture failed and the orchard was abandoned.
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The
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This article is about the community in
British Columbia. For the lake in British Columbia, see
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Archaeologically, Lake Errock is the most westerly of the sizable pit-house villages.
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In 2021, a proposal was submitted for a new development on a former gravel pit. The
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In 2009, an eastbound train fatally struck a man standing on the track.
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1040:"North Fraser Community Church – Lake Errock, BC"
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1147:Discovering Deroche: From Nicomen to Lake Errock
1174:Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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568:was bridged in 1926, opening up the road to
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1106:"Lake Errock Wastewater Treatment Plant"
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191:8.65 km (3.34 sq mi)
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36:Place in British Columbia, Canada
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29:Lake Errock (British Columbia)
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1130:. March 24, 2021. p. 18.
18:Lake Errock, British Columbia
1128:pub-fvrd.escribemeetings.com
995:"Postmasters (Lake Errock)"
755:"Postmasters (Loch Erroch)"
74:Location of Lake Errock in
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1124:"Planning and Development"
266:, which lies southwest of
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1088:"Canada Post Lake Errock"
617:"Lake Errock (community)"
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1145:Sleigh, Daphne (1983).
258:region of southwestern
597:Sq’ewlets First Nation
318:Arthur Wellington Ross
212:40/km (100/sq mi)
105:49.21639°N 122.01778°W
677:BC Geographical Names
642:BC Geographical Names
622:BC Geographical Names
1044:mennonitebrethren.ca
917:. p. 187 (179).
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854:. p. 193 (189).
672:"Lake Errock (lake)"
637:"Harrison Bay (bay)"
570:Harrison Hot Springs
209: • Density
110:49.21639; -122.01778
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311:European settlement
270:. The locality, on
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894:publications.gc.ca
875:. p. 67 (59).
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349:Census population:
201: • Total
188: • Total
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572:. In 1931,
351:Lake Errock
343:World War I
302:Name origin
252:Lake Errock
108: /
96:122°01′04″W
68:Lake Errock
43:Lake Errock
1158:Categories
1139:References
1070:"CTV News"
218:Area codes
196:Population
93:49°12′59″N
603:Footnotes
280:Vancouver
533:Source:
234:Highways
140:Province
579:Deroche
432:+172.3%
284:Mission
276:Agassiz
121:Country
528:−19.3%
517:+18.4%
506:−15.7%
421:−54.9%
410:+92.0%
399:−21.9%
388:−10.3%
341:After
160:Region
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133:Canada
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560:Roads
500:2011*
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360:Pop.
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183:Area
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