Devils Den Lake

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Devils Den Lake
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Devils Den Lake
Location Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Coordinates 49°15′00″N124°52′00″W / 49.25000°N 124.86667°W / 49.25000; -124.86667
Primary outflows Heath Creek
Basin  countries Canada

Devils Den Lake is a small lake located on Vancouver Island four kilometres west of Port Alberni, British Columbia. [1]

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References

  1. Naming Canada: stories about Canadian place names, Alan Rayburn, University of Toronto Press, 2001, ISBN   0-8020-8293-9