A remote lake in the Sunshine Coast area of B.C. has been officially named Phare Lake.
The name commemorates the late John Phare, who died in a tree-felling accident while working on the Old Sechelt Mine wildfire July 5th in 2015.
John Phare was a resident of Roberts Creek, a father of three and a certified danger tree faller and assessor.
Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast says people who live in this part of the province work closely together and rely on their friends and neighbours to lend a helping hand when it’s needed and John Phare did that on a regular basis and he has been greatly missed.
The naming of Phare Lake was proposed by the District of Sechelt in July 2018.
The application was supported by the sh’sh’lh Nation, the Sunshine Coast Regional District, Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue, BC Parks, Recreation Sites, and Trails BC, the Sunshine Coast Trails Society, the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives.
Phare Lake was previously known locally as Wormy Lake, but that name was never officially adopted by the BC Geographical Names Office.
