Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia)

Shawnigan Lake
Shawnigan Lake is located in Vancouver Island
Shawnigan Lake
Shawnigan Lake
LocationVancouver Island, British Columbia
Coordinates48°37′40″N 123°38′20″W / 48.62778°N 123.63889°W / 48.62778; -123.63889
Basin countriesCanada
For the village, see Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia.

Shawnigan Lake is a lake on southern Vancouver Island, located to the west of Saanich Inlet and to the south of the Cowichan Valley region. Its aboriginal name in the Hul'qumi'num language is Showe'luqun.[1]

  1. ^ Shxunutun's Tu Suleluxwtst: In the footsteps of our Ancestors -- Interim Strategic Land Plan for the Hul'quimi'num Core Traditional Territory, 2005