Nanaimo Lakes

The lakes are in a highland transitional area between the southern Vancouver Island Ranges and the Nanaimo Lowland.{{sfn|Yorath |2005|p=17}}

The 1:50,000 topographic map quadrangle {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|F|1}}, published by Natural Resources Canada, is centred on the lakes.[http://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/topographic/50k/092/f/01/ Map 092F01, "Nanaimo Lakes"] digital raster, published by Natural Resources Canada, 7th edition, March 24, 2011; accessed via ftp 2018-07-10 Note that lake names do not appear on all online mapping services, and Third Lake, not listed by the Watershed Roundtable, but listed in a 1919 guide, and on the Natural Resources Canada map, may not appear on some maps at all.{{cite web|title=Nanaimo River Watershed: location|publisher=Nanaimo River Watershed Roundtable|url=http://nanaimoriverwatershed.com/aboutus/location/|access-date=2018-07-10}} A lake with a dam at the north end, named "Fourth Lake", is also shown on the map. First Lake and Second Lake, at {{circa}} 210 metres above sea level, are connected by a short stream.{{sfn|Williams|1919|p=70}} Fourth Lake Dam is privately owned and impounds {{convert|38000000|m3}} of water, used for a paper mill.{{sfn|Butler|Chapman|Gullison|Kellow|2014|p=9}}

• First Lake {{coord|49|05|45|N|124|10|00|W|region:ZZ_type:waterbody|name=First Lake}}, natural, about {{convert|3|km}} long{{sfn|Williams|1919|p=70}}
• Second Lake {{coord|49|05|45|N|124|13|00|W|region:ZZ_type:waterbody|name=Second Lake}}, natural, about {{convert|3|km}} long{{sfn|Williams|1919|p=70}}
• Third Lake {{coord|49|05|10|N|124|19|12|W|region:ZZ_type:waterbody|name=Third Lake}},{{cite web|publisher=Province of British Columbia Geographical Names Office |website=BC Geographical Names database|title=Third Lake|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/14987.html|access-date=2018-07-10}} natural, much smaller than the others
• Fourth Lake {{coord|49|03|31|N|124|25|12|W|region:ZZ_type:waterbody|name=Fourth Lake}},{{cite web|publisher=Province of British Columbia Geographical Names Office |website=BC Geographical Names database|title=Fourth Lake|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/3677.html|access-date=2018-07-10}} a reservoir, about {{convert|4|km}} long and 2 km² in area{{citation|title=Fourth Lake|work=Canoe & Kayak Paddling on Vancouver Island|url=https://canoevancouverisland.com/canoe-kayak-vancouver-island-directory/nanaimo-lakes-fourth-lake/|access-date=2018-07-10}}

Timberwest owns four campsites on private land surrounding First Lake.{{cite web|title=Nanaimo Lakes campsites|publisher=Timberwest|url=http://nlcampsite.com/|access-date=2018-07-10}} The lake was stocked with up to 30,000 salmon or trout per year for recreational fishing beginning in 1905 through the early 21st century.{{cite web|title=Fish stocking report – Nanaimo Lakes, Vancovuer Island|publisher=Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC|access-date=2018-07-10|url=https://www.gofishbc.com/Stocked-Fish/Summary-Report.aspx?region=VANCOUVER%20ISLAND&town=NANAIMO%20LAKES&waterbody=FIRST%20NANAIMO}}{{sfn|Pochin|1946|p=75}}{{sfn|Williams|1919|p=70}} Fourth Lake can be kayaked.

In March, 1945, a Fu-Go balloon bomb made in Yamaguchi Prefecture and launched from Japan landed at the lakes. Its firing circuits malfunctioned; it failed to detonate and was recovered and analyzed by a Canadian–American intelligence effort.{{sfn|Coen|2014|p=157}}

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• {{citation|last1=Butler|first1=G.|last2=Chapman|first2= P. |last3=Gullison|first3=R.E. |last4=Kellow|first4=M. |last5=Walker|first5=S. |last6=Wolf|first6=J. |year=2014|title=Nanaimo River Baseline Report: social, environmental and economic values of the Nanaimo River and watershed|edition= 2nd|url=http://nanaimoriverwatershed.com/files/2214/1701/9124/nanaimo_river_baseline_2nd_edition.pdf}} Unpublished report prepared for the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust. 312 pp.
• {{cite book | last=Coen | first=R. | title=Fu-go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | series=Studies in War, Society, and the Military Series | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-8032-5667-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qW5oBAAAQBAJ }}
• {{cite book | last=Pochin | first=W.F. | title=Angling and Hunting in British Columbia | publisher=Sun Directories | year=1946 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUpDAAAAIAAJ }}
• {{cite book | last=Williams | first=A.B. | title=Rod & Creel in British Columbia | publisher=Progress Publishing Company | year=1919 | url=https://archive.org/details/rodcreelinbriti00willgoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/rodcreelinbriti00willgoog/page/n163 143] | access-date=2018-07-10}}
• {{cite book | last=Yorath | first=C.J. | title=The Geology of Southern Vancouver Island | publisher=Harbour Pub. | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-55017-362-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m51OAQAAIAAJ }}

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• {{cite book | last=Davies | first=Gordon | title=Living Rivers of British Columbia & Yukon | publisher=Ronsdale Press | series=Living River of British Columbia & the Yukon | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-921870-37-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bp50Fgm7gO4C }}

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