Buntzen Lake

Buntzen Lake is a 4.8 kilometres long lake in , , , in the Greater Vancouver area. It is named after the first general manager of the B.C. Electric Co., Johannes Buntzen. There is a smaller lake just to the north named .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sasamat Lake and Eagle Mountain.

Lake
is located within Belcarra Regional Park in , . It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. is situated 2½ km southwest of Buntzen Lake.

Peak
, also known as Eagle Ridge, is the mountainous ridge with many indistinct summits between Buntzen Lake and near , . is situated 3 km northeast of Buntzen Lake.

School
is a coeducational high school located in , . In 2007, Heritage Woods celebrated their first graduating class. is situated 4 km south of Buntzen Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ioco and Westwood Plateau.

Hamlet
is an area of , , located on the northern shore of the . , an abbreviation of Imperial Oil Corporation, was originally a townsite for an Imperial Oil refinery. is situated 3½ km south of Buntzen Lake.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the northern region of , . It is named for Westwood Motorsport Park which existed on the plateau before the community was built, and was closed in 1990 to make way for real estate development. is situated 5 km southeast of Buntzen Lake.

is a city in the of , . Set on the eastern end of the Burrard Inlet, it has some fine waterfront property.

Buntzen Lake

Latitude
49.33056° or 49° 19′ 50″ north
Longitude
-122.85972° or 122° 51′ 35″ west
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
Open location code
84XV84JR+64
Geo­Names ID
5911371
Wiki­data ID
Q316407
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Satellite Map

Discover Buntzen Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Buntzen Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Buntzen Lake
  • Danish: Buntzen Lake
  • Danish: Lake Beautiful
  • Danish: Lake Buntzen
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة بونتزين
  • French: lac Buntzen
  • French: Lac Buntzen
  • Persian: دریاچه بانتزن
  • Spanish: Lago Buntzen
  • Swedish: Buntzen Lake
  • Urdu: بنٹزین جھیل
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Buntzen

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Highlights include Farrer Cove and Cypress Lake.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Buntzen Lake”. Photo: Patleahy, CC BY 2.0.