Browning Lake
Browning Lake is a lake in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia. Browning Lake is situated nearby to the locality Valley of Shaddai, as well as near Incline Camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watts Point volcanic centre and Britannia Mine Museum.
Watts Point volcanic centre
Volcano
The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age volcanic rock at Watts Point in British Columbia, Canada, about 10 kilometres south of Squamish and 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, and just north of Britannia Beach.
Britannia Mine Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Britannia Mine Museum, formerly British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a non-profit organization in Britannia Beach, 55 km kilometres north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound.
Britannia Mines Concentrator
Historic building
Photo: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Britannia Mines Concentrator is a National Historic Site of Canada. The large, inclined gravity mill was built on the northwest side of Mount Sheer to assist the transfer of copper ore through the chemical and mechanical processes of the plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lions Bay-Britannia Beach and Woodfibre.
Lions Bay-Britannia Beach
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound, Lions Bay to Britannia Beach is a series of small communities and parks offering some gorgeous views, outdoor recreation and 30 km of some of the most spectacular driving in Canada.
Woodfibre
Locality
Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006.
Squamish
Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.
Browning Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.64413° or 49° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
-123.20645° or 123° 12′ 23″ westElevation
131 metres (430 feet)Open location code
84XRJQVV+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 96914741OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5909842Wikidata ID
Q22599716
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Browning Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Browning Lake (lanaw sa Canada, British Columbia)”
- Cebuano: “Browning Lake”
- French: “Browning Lake”
- Swedish: “Browning Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Valley of Shaddai and Incline Camp.
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