Shawnigan Lake is a lake on southern Vancouver Island , located to the west of Saanich Inlet and to the south of the Cowichan Valley region. Its aboriginal name in the Hul'qumi'num language is Showe'luqun .
5-540: Shawnigan Lake may refer to: Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia) , a lake on Vancouver Island, Canada Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia , a village in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shawnigan Lake . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-400: The definition of podzols under the current Canadian system of soil classification . A small area of peat lies near the southern end of the community of Shawnigan Lake . Fish in the lake include rainbow trout , cutthroat trout , kokanee salmon and smallmouth bass . Their populations are sufficient to support a recreational fishery. Memory Island Provincial Park , a small islet in
15-494: The lake, was founded in memorial to two Lake residents lost during the Second World War. Also, a local park ( Old Mill Park ) contains the remains of a lumber mill that was built to support the fledgling village when it was founded nearly one hundred years ago. The mill burned in a fire several years after construction, and the old wooden supports from the mill are still visible in the lake. This article about
20-404: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shawnigan_Lake&oldid=1053074413 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia) Bedrock around
25-592: The southern two-thirds of the lake is meta-igneous rock of Lower Paleozoic age which is rich in mafic minerals except along southeastern shores where felsic minerals dominate. Bands of marble up to several meters thick are scattered within this metamorphic complex. Around northern shores are volcanic rocks of variable composition from the Jurassic period. Soils around the lake are mostly well drained or rapidly drained gravelly sandy loams or gravelly loamy sands with brown podzolic profile development. Some meet
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