# Gates Lake

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**Gates Lake**, also known as **Birken Lake**, **Tenass Lake**, **Halfway Lake**, and **Summit Lake**, is a small [lake](/source/Lake) located at the summit of the [Pemberton Portage](/source/Pemberton_Portage) area of the one-time [Lakes Route](/source/Douglas_Road) through the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains), located at the summit of a low pass connecting the Upper and Lower [Lillooet Country](/source/Lillooet_Country) of the [Southern Interior of British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia_Interior). Birken Lake sits at the divide between the [Birkenhead](/source/Birkenhead_River) and [Gates](/source/Gates_River)-[Seton](/source/Seton_Lake) drainage, known as the [Pemberton Pass](/source/Pemberton_Pass) or Mosquito Pass, and is part of the [Gates River](/source/Gates_River) drainage.

There are numerous recreational residences surrounding the lake, a small lodge and cabins, and the area's only small store (the Birkenhead Resort) on its northwestern side, adjacent to the main road to [D'Arcy](/source/D'Arcy,_British_Columbia), which follows the road grade of the older [Douglas Road](/source/Douglas_Road) used by the Lakes Route. [Birkenhead Peak](/source/Birkenhead_Peak) (aka Mount Birkenhead) is located above the lake to its northwest, while the [Cayoosh Range](/source/Cayoosh_Range) is located to its southeast, with the [Place Glacier](/source/Place_Glacier) partly visible from below. A campground with another set of cabins as well as camping, the Whispering Falls Resort, is just northeast[clarification needed] of the lake, below its outlet. The tracks of the [Canadian National Railway](/source/Canadian_National_Railway), originally the [Pacific Great Eastern](/source/Pacific_Great_Eastern_Railway)/[British Columbia Railway](/source/British_Columbia_Railway), run along the lake's northwestern shore in front of the Birkenhead Resort. A species of freshwater clams can be found in Gates Lake. The clams were edible in the 1980s.

## See also

- [List of lakes of British Columbia](/source/List_of_lakes_of_British_Columbia)
- [Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park](/source/Birkenhead_Lake_Provincial_Park)

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