The name Jones Lake first appeared on a map in 1904 and is the main name used locally, as well as appearing on the highway signs for the Jones Lake Forest Service Road, which is the only access. The dual naming also applies to Wahleach Creek, which is also known as Jones Creek. The name Wahleach, which also occurs as the name of an island and associated
Indian reserve on the other side of the Fraser, and as Waleach as a railway point on the
CPR on
Sea Bird Island, is that of a Sto:lo resident from
Union Bar, near Hope, whose anglicized and baptized name was Camille Walecia but whose name in
Halq'eméylem is spelled "Xwelích", meaning "crossing a neck of land between two bodies of water" [i.e. portage]. ==See also==