Excerpt from page 66 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: Before the lake level was raised there were a number of buildings on the flat at the mouth of Outlet Creek which enters the lake on the cast side just above the bridge. Raymond Ward had a fishing camp here and lived in the house-boat shown in the picture. There was also a Forestry Station here connected with the Outlook on Sugar Mountain by telephone. This used to be the jumping off place for fishing parties and for all points up the lake. Bill Hollingsworth had boats for hire here in the old days. Why "Sugar" Lake - may be asked? There are two explanations. The story goes that the first explorer, said to be Col. Houghton, once the owner of the Coldstream Ranch, had a sock of sugar on his pack-horse and when he reached the lake this sugar fell into the water, whereupon his Indian guide bestowed the name of "Sugar" on the lake. Another explanation is that the name comes from the curious bleached appearance of the rocks near the summit of Sugar Mountain at the head of the lake, after the snow melts. It would be easy to think up a more appropriate name but Sugar is there to stick.
