Tyaughton Lake
| Tyaughton Lake | |
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  Tyaughton Lake | |
| Location | Bridge River Country, West-Central Interior of British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 50°57′N 122°46′W / 50.950°N 122.767°WCoordinates: 50°57′N 122°46′W / 50.950°N 122.767°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface elevation | 1,010 m (3,310 ft) |
| Settlements | |
Tyaughton Lake, also known as Tyax Lake, is a lake in the Bridge River Country of the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of Carpenter Lake, a reservoir along the Bridge River formed by Terzaghi Dam of the Bridge River Power Project.[1] Among the largest of a number of well-known fishing lakes located in valleys flanking the Bridge River, its name is an adaptation of a Chilcotin word meaning "jumping fish". Around its shores is a community of recreational homes, and near its southern end had been an older fishing lodge, the Tyaughton Lake Lodge, while on its northwestern shore is the , built in the 1980s, which at the time of construction was the largest log structure built in British Columbia in the 20th Century.[2] Despite the shared name, it is not directly on the course of Tyaughton Creek, but is linked to the lower canyon of that creek by a short intermediary stream. The main road access is from the from a junction on (the Gold Bridge-Lillooet Road midway between the outlets into Carpenter Lake of Tyaughton Creek (E) and Gun Creek (W).
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