Cecil Lake

For the lake, see Cecil Lake (Peace River Country). For the Montserratian footballer and manager, see Cecil Lake (footballer).

Cecil Lake is a settlement in British Columbia.^[1]

Cecil Lake
Unincorporated community
Store and post office
Cecil Lake Show map of Peace River Regional District Cecil Lake Show map of British Columbia
Coordinates: 56°18′00″N 120°35′00″W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Federal riding	Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
Provincial riding	Peace River North
Postal code	V0C 1G0

Cecil Lake is a farming community 20 minutes east of Fort Saint John. It was made available for homesteading during the 1930s many families settled in the area during that time. The land was cleared for farming, roads, houses, schools and churches were also built at that time. The area was considered remote because of the poor roads then. A road and bridge across the Beatton River existed through the 1950s and 60s. Due to problems with the banks of the river sliding the road was relocated and the bridge replaced with two bridges in the 1990s. As of 2013^[update] Cecil Lake has two churches, a post office/general store, and a community hall.^{[citation needed]}

Name origin

The community is named after the nearby Cecil Lake, which was believed to have been named in 1910 for Cecil Morton Roberts, who was chief draughtsman at the Surveyor-General's Branch of the British Columbia Department of Lands in 1910.^[2]

References

1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cecil Lake"
2. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cecil Lake (lake)"