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Lafarge Lake

Lafarge Lake is a five-hectare, man-made located in , in central , , Canada. It was originally a gravel pit formed from gravel extraction from the 1950s until 1965.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Pinetree Gravel Pit”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Evergreen Cultural Centre and Town Centre Park.

Art gallery
The is a community gathering place for performing and visual arts activities in , , opened in October 1996 by former Coquitlam Mayor Lou Sekora.

Park
is a park in central , British Columbia, just north of the shopping mall. The park is surrounded by Coquitlam's city hall, main police station, main fire hall, , and the David Lam campus of Douglas College, , as well as many houses and apartments.

Metro station
Photo: Northwest, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lafarge Lake–Douglas is a rapid transit station on the Millennium Line, part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system, which serves as the line's outbound terminus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coquitlam and Westwood Plateau.

Photo: Greg Salter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of . There aren't any must-see attractions for the traveller, but there are a number of nice parks for walking or relaxing.

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 a suburb of . There aren't any must-see attractions for the traveller, but there are a number of nice parks for walking or relaxing.

Lafarge Lake

Latitude
49.28679° or 49° 17′ 13″ north
Longitude
-122.78851° or 122° 47′ 19″ west
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
84XV76P6+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 274711572
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6047832
Wiki­data ID
Q6471285
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Satellite Map

Discover Lafarge Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lafarge Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lafarge Lake”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لافارج”
  • French: “Lafarge Lake”
  • Persian: “دریاچه لافاریج”
  • Swedish: “Lafarge Lake”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as River Springs and Hoy Creek Housing Coop.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lafarge Lake Fountain and TD Community Plaza.

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