Cariboo-Central Coast
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Williams Lake

Williams Lake

Williams Lake is a town of about 11,000 people in the Cariboo region of . With many lakes and ranches in the surrounding areas, it offers many possibilities to visitors. It is also the gateway to the Central Coast of British Columbia.
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  • Type: City with 10,800 residents
  • Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Williams Lake, BC” and “Williams Lake, British Columbia”

Williams Lake

Latitude
52.1293° or 52° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
-122.1397° or 122° 8′ 23″ west
Population
10,800
Elevation
674 metres (2,211 feet)
IATA airport code
YWL
United Nations Location Code
CA YWL
Open location code
944V4VH6+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52556274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6182212
Wiki­data ID
Q2039207
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Williams Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويليامز ليك، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “ويليامز ليك”
  • Asturian: “Williams Lake”
  • Bengali: “উইলিয়ামস লেক ব্রিটিশ কলম্বিয়া”
  • Cebuano: “Williams Lake”
  • Chinese: “威廉姆斯湖”
  • Chinese: “威廉斯莱克”
  • Chinese: “威廉斯萊克”
  • Czech: “Williams Lake”
  • Danish: “Williams Lake”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Williams Lake, Britanya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Williams Lake, Kolombiyay Britanya”
  • Dutch: “Williams Lake, British Columbia”
  • Dutch: “Williams Lake”
  • Finnish: “Williams, Brittiläinen Kolumbia”
  • French: “Williams Lake”
  • German: “Williams Lake”
  • Greek: “Γουίλιαμς Λέικ”
  • Gujarati: “વિલિયમ્સ લેક, બ્રિટિશ કોલંબિયા”
  • Hindi: “विलियम्स लेक”
  • Indonesian: “Williams Lake, British Columbia”
  • Italian: “Williams Lake”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズ・レイク”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズレイク”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಲ್ಲಿಯಮ್ಸ್ ಲೇಕ್, ಬ್ರಿಟಿಶ್ ಕೊಲಂಬಿಯ”
  • Korean: “윌리엄스 레이크”
  • Korean: “윌리엄스레이크”
  • Kurdish: “Williams Lake”
  • Latvian: “Viljamsleika, Britu Kolumbija”
  • Lithuanian: “Viljams Leikas”
  • Malay: “Williams Lake, British Columbia”
  • Marathi: “विल्यम्स लेक, ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williams Lake”
  • Norwegian: “Williams Lake”
  • Persian: “ویلیامز لیک، بریتیش کلمبیا”
  • Polish: “Williams Lake, Kolumbia Brytyjska”
  • Polish: “Williams Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Williams Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Williams”
  • Russian: “Уильямс Лейк”
  • Russian: “Уильямс-Лейк”
  • Serbian: “Вилијамс Лејк”
  • Shuswap: “Columetza”
  • Sinhala: “විලියම්ස් ලේක්, බ්‍රිටිෂ් කොලොම්බියාව”
  • Slovak: “Williams Lake”
  • Spanish: “Williams Lake (Columbia Británica)”
  • Spanish: “Williams Lake”
  • Swedish: “Williams Lake”
  • Tamil: “வில்லம்ஸ் லேக் பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா”
  • Telugu: “విలియమ్స్ లేక్”
  • Thai: “วิลเลียมส์ เลค, รัฐบริติชโคลัมเบีย”
  • Turkish: “Williams Lake”
  • Ukrainian: “Вільямс-Лейк”
  • Urdu: “ولمیز لیک”
  • Vietnamese: “Williams Lake, Tỉnh bang British Columbia”
  • Vietnamese: “Williams Lake”
  • Volapük: “Williams Lake”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولیمزلیک”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Williams Lake”. Photo: Karen Neoh, CC BY 2.0.