Decker Lake is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in the
Bulkley River drainage of northwestern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It lies immediately northwest of the community of
Burns Lake. Its eastern shore is traversed by
British Columbia provincial highway 16, where the community of
Decker Lake is located. It is fed by Decker Creek, which enters the lake to the southeast of that community.
Name origin
The lake was officially given its name in honour of
Stephen Decker, who was a foreman with the
Collins Overland Telegraph.
BC Names entry "Decker Lake (lake)"
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See also
* Decker (disambiguation)
*List of lakes of British Columbia
This is an incomplete list of lakes of British Columbia, a province of Canada.
Larger lake statistics
*
List of lakes
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*Adams Lake
*Albreda Lake
*Alouette Lake
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References
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Lakes of British Columbia
Bulkley Valley
Range 5 Coast Land District