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Little Lillooet Lake, historically also Tenas Lake is a lake in the Lower Lillooet Country located to the south of Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada, along the course of the Lillooet River, which continues southwards beyond it to Harrison Lake. Still formally a separate lake, construction of a small dam to enable steamer service to Port Pemberton, which lay at the head of Lillooet Lake, its northern neighbour and parent wateflow, during the construction of the Lakes Route during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. "Tenas" or "tenass" in Chinook Jargon means "small" or "child" and was an alternate name for this lake, at the south end of which was Port Lillooet, which connected by the Douglas Road to Port Douglas which was at the head of river navigation from the Strait of Georgia and served as a port for the Interior of British Columbia. The Indian reserve community of Skatin is located near its southern end, adjacent to the Skookumchuck Hot Springs ghost-town and accompanying hot spring.