Gates Lake
Birken Lake
Tenass Lake
Halfway Lake
Summit Lake

Gates Lake
Birken Lake
Tenass Lake
Halfway Lake
Summit Lake

Location| British Columbia
Coordinates| 50°29′N 122°38′W﻿ / ﻿50.483°N 122.633°W﻿ / 50.483; -122.633
Primary outflows| Gates River
Basin countries| Canada
Settlements| Birken

Gates Lake, also known as Birken Lake, Tenass Lake, Halfway Lake, and Summit Lake, is a small lake located at the summit of the Pemberton Portage area of the one-time Lakes Route through the Coast Mountains, located at the summit of a low pass connecting the Upper and Lower Lillooet Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Birken Lake sits at the divide between the Birkenhead and Gates-Seton drainage, known as the Pemberton Pass or Mosquito Pass, and is part of the Gates River drainage.

There are numerous recreational residences surrounding the lake, and a small lodge and cabins and the area's only small store (the Birkenhead Resort) on its northwestern side, adjacent to the main road to D'Arcy, which follows the road-grade of the older Douglas Road used by the Lakes Route. Birkenhead Peak (aka Mount Birkenhead) is located above the lake to its northwest, while the Cayoosh Range is located to its southeast, with the Place Glacier partly visible from below. A campground with another set of cabins as well as camping, the Whispering Falls Resort, is just northeast[clarification needed] of the lake, below its outlet of the lake. The tracks of the Canadian National Railway, originally the Pacific Great Eastern/British Columbia Railway, run along the lake's northwestern shore in front of the Birkenhead Resort.A species of fresh water clams can be found in Gates Lake. The clams where edible in the 1980's.

## See also[edit]

* List of lakes of British Columbia
* Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park

## References[edit]

* "Gates Lake". BC Geographical Names.

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Hydrography of British Columbia

Rivers|

* Columbia
* Fraser
* Kootenay
* Liard
* Nass
* Nechako
* Peace
* Quesnel
* Skeena
* Stikine
* Thompson
* more...

Lakes|

* Atlin
* Babine
* Cowichan
* Great Central
* Harrison
* Kootenay
* Nechako
* Okanagan
* Shuswap
* Tagish
* Teslin
* Williston
* more...

Coastal features|

| Haida Gwaii|

* Cumshewa Inlet
* Darwin Sound
* Laskeek Bay
* Masset Inlet
* Rennell Sound
* Skidegate Channel
* Skidegate Inlet

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North Coast|

* Arthur Passage
* Burke Channel
* Chatham Sound
* Dixon Entrance
* Douglas Channel
* Finlayson Channel
* Fisher Channel
* Fitz Hugh Sound
* Gardner Canal
* Grenville Channel
* Hecate Strait
* Juan Perez Sound
* Lama Passage
* Laredo Channel
* Milbanke Sound
* Portland Inlet
* Prince Rupert Harbour
* Princess Royal Channel
* Principe Channel
* Queen Charlotte Sound
* Rivers Inlet
* Seaforth Channel
* Smith Inlet
* Smith Sound
* Wright Sound

Central Coast|

* Belize Inlet
* Bute Inlet
* Call Inlet
* Cordero Channel
* Drury Inlet
* Frederick Arm
* Goletas Channel
* Johnstone Strait
* Kingcome Inlet
* Knight Inlet
* Loughborough Inlet
* Nodales Channel
* Phillips Arm
* Pryce Channel
* Queen Charlotte Strait
* Seymour Inlet
* Sutlej Channel
* Wells Passage

Salish Sea|

* Active Pass
* Baynes Sound
* Boundary Bay
* Boundary Pass
* Burrard Inlet
* Calm Channel
* Captain Passage
* Desolation Sound
* Discovery Passage
* Haro Strait
* Homfray Channel
* Hoskyn Channel
* Howe Sound
* Jervis Inlet
* Malaspina Strait
* Okisollo Channel
* Port San Juan
* Ramsay Arm
* Saanich Inlet
* Sansum Narrows
* Satellite Channel
* Sechelt Inlet
* Stuart Channel
* Strait of Georgia
* Strait of Juan de Fuca
* Sutil Channel
* Toba Inlet
* Trincomali Channel
* Victoria Harbour

Vancouver Island|

* Barkley Sound
* Brooks Bay
* Checleset Bay
* Clayoquot Sound
* Hansen Bay
* Kyuquot Sound
* Nootka Sound
* Pachena Bay
* Quatsino Sound
* San Josef Bay

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