Buntzen Lake
| Buntzen Lake | |
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Buntzen Lake looking north from public beach at south end
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| Location | Just north of Anmore |
| Coordinates | 49°20′56″N 122°51′36″W / 49.349°N 122.860°WCoordinates: 49°20′56″N 122°51′36″W / 49.349°N 122.860°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | tunnel from Coquitlam Lake |
| Primary outflows | to Indian Arm power stations |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 1.82 km² (0.7 mi²) |
| Average depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Max. depth | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| References | BC Hydro |
Buntzen Lake is a 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) long lake in Anmore, British Columbia, Canada, in the Greater Vancouver area. It is named after the first general manager of the B.C. Electric Co., Johannes Buntzen. There is a smaller lake just to the north named McCombe Lake.
Buntzen lake used to be named Trout Lake, and was also called Lake Beautiful, and was renamed to Buntzen Lake in 1905 at the opening of the tunnel to Coquitlam Lake.
In 1903 the lake was used to power Vancouver's first hydroelectric plant the Buntzen Powerhouse. A tunnel was excavated through Eagle Mountain from Coquitlam Lake to Buntzen Lake. Coquitlam Lake was dammed, and water flowed 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) through the tunnel to Buntzen Lake, and from there, through an outlet at the north end of the lake to two power generating stations on Indian Arm. The first, Powerhouse No 1 built in 1903, and the second 300M away, Powerhouse No 2 built in 1914. At 49°22′14″N 122°52′26″W / 49.370573°N 122.873783°W
Buntzen Lake is also used in another power generating plant, Burrard Generating Station, a gas-powered plant, where water is used to produce steam for the generators.
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