History
Stuart Lake is important to British Columbia history, being the location of one of the oldest non-native settlements in the province, Fort St. James. The first non-native to visit the lake was James McDougall in 1806. McDougall's explorations were undertaken as an assistant to Simon Fraser. Fraser and other members of his expedition soon established a North West Company trading post, leaving behind for the winter a garrison led by clerk John Stuart, in whose honor the English name of the lake was given.
The original name, in the Dakelh language, is Nak'albun, literally Mt. Pope Lake, after the mountain that overlooks it, Nak'al, known in English as Mt. Pope.
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