{{Short description|Lake in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Volcano Lake | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Vancouver Island, British Columbia | coords = {{coord|49|47|N|125|54|W|region:CA-BC_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Canada | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|1280|m|abbr=on}} | frozen = | islands = | cities = | pushpin_map = Vancouver Island }} '''Volcano Lake''', formerly called '''Crater Lake''', is a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located just south of Puzzle Mountain and west of Elkhorn Mountain on west side of Strathcona Provincial Park.<ref>[https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23501.html BCGNIS Query Results: Volcano Lake]</ref> The name is a misnomer – the lake is the result of glaciation.<ref>Philip Stone (2003). Island Alpine, A Guide to the Mountains of Strathcona Park and Vancouver Island. Wild Isle Publications: Heriot Bay, BC. {{ISBN|0-9680766-5-3}}.</ref>

==See also== *List of lakes of British Columbia

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{{British Columbia hydrography}}

Category:Lakes of Vancouver Island Category:Glacial lakes of Canada Category:Nootka Land District

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