Stuart Lake

Stuart Lake, or Nak'albun (IPA: [nakʼalpʌn]) in the Carrier (Dakelh) language is a lake situated in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The town of Fort St. James is situated by the lake near the outlet (Stuart River). Stuart Lake is 66 km long, 10 km wide and relatively shallow, with an average depth of 26 m.

Stuart Lake offers boating, swimming and sunbathing at sandy beaches, fishing, water skiing, viewing ancient aboriginal pictographs, camping, snowmobiling, ice fishing, ice sailing, and dog sledding Two provincial park campgrounds, Paarens Beach and Sowchea Bay, are located on the southern shore of the lake, and there are several motels, lodges and private campgrounds in the area. Moorage is available at several marinas.

Fort St. James has several lumber mills as do several smaller aboriginal communities in the basin. The lake is usually ice-covered from mid-December to mid-April. Stuart Lake contains rainbow trout, char or lake trout, and burbot fish.

Hydrographical characteristics of the lake

Stuart Lake (baseball)

Stuart Lake is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Charleston Southern, his alma mater, since the start of the 2009 season. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2011, when the Buccaneers went 29-30 and tied for third place in the conference after finishing last in 2010.

Playing career

In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College but eventually graduated from Charleston Southern in 1994.

Coaching career

Assistant coaching

After graduating from Charleston Southern in 1994, Lake spent four years as a high school baseball coach. His first collegiate coaching experience came in four seasons with South Carolina (1999–2002). During his tenure, the Gamecocks appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and were national runners-up once. Lake then spent one season at College of Charleston (2003), three at Ole Miss (2004–2006), and two at The Citadel (2007–2008).

Charleston Southern

Lake was hired to replace Jason Murray as Charleston Southern's head coach for the start of the 2009 season. After finishing 7th and 10th in the Big South in his first two seasons, the Buccaneers tied for 3rd in 2011, earning Lake the Big South Coach of the Year award. In 2014, Charleston Southern had its first winning season under Lake, going 30-26.