Somenos Lake
Somenos Lake is a small shallow water body located in the Municipality of North Cowichan on Southeast Vancouver Island. Somenos Lake has a maximum area of approximately 247 ac, 100 ha at 15.3 feet above geodetic datum.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include BC Forest Discovery Centre and Cowichan Community Centre.
BC Forest Discovery Centre
Museum
Photo: SoftwareSimian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The BC Forest Discovery Centre, located in Duncan, chronicles the history of logging in British Columbia, Canada. It is a 100-acre site with 2.5 km of operational 3 ft narrow gauge railway.
Cowichan Community Centre
Community center
Photo: Sandtrooper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cowichan Community Centre is a facility serving Cowichan Valley, British Columbia. It has a pool, theatre, arena, and gymnasium. It was built in 1978, on the former site of the Cowichan Curling Rink.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duncan and North Cowichan.
Duncan
Duncan is a city in the South Vancouver Island region of British Columbia. It is known for having one of the largest totem pole collections: more than 40. The Cowichan Historical Society provides free totem tours in the summer months.
North Cowichan
Town
Photo: Chris.mcluckie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Cowichan is a district municipality established in 1873 on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. The municipality is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. North Cowichan is situated 3 km northwest of Somenos Lake.
Koksilah
Village
Koksilah is a community located just southeast of the City of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived, via that of the Koksilah River, from that of the Hwulqwselu people, one of the Hǝn̓q̓ǝmin̓ǝm̓-speaking peoples of the area today organized as the Cowichan Tribes and government. Koksilah is situated 5 km south of Somenos Lake.
Somenos Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Somenos Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Somenos Lake”
- French: “Somenos Lake”
- Swedish: “Somenos Lake”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Best Western Cowichan Valley Inn and Vancouver Island University Cowichan Campus.
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