Lava Lake (British Columbia)

Lava lake in Canada For other places with the same name, see Lava Lake (disambiguation).

Lava Lake
Satellite image of Lava Lake
Lava Lake
Location	British Columbia
Coordinates	55°03′04″N 128°59′13″W / 55.051°N 128.987°W / 55.051; -128.987
Basin countries	Canada

Lava Lake is a lava dammed lake located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The lake lies within the Nisga'a Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park, which includes fishing, hiking and other features.

Formation

Lava Lake increased in size and depth when lava from the Tseax Cone dammed the Tseax River in the 18th century. The flow subsequently traveled 11 km (7 mi) north to the Nass River, where it filled the flat valley floor for an additional 10 km (6 mi), making the entire lava flow approximately 22.5 km (14 mi) long. This is one of Canada's youngest lava flows.

References

Global Volcanism Program: Tseax River Cone

Hydrography of British Columbia

Rivers

Lakes

Coastal features

Haida Gwaii	Cumshewa Inlet Darwin Sound Laskeek Bay Masset Inlet Rennell Sound Skidegate Channel Skidegate Inlet
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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