Lafarge Lake is a five-hectare artificial lake in the centre of Town Centre Park — the central public space of Coquitlam. The lake was once a gravel pit operated by the Lafarge Cement company; the company gave the site to the city in the 1980s and it was landscaped into the present recreational lake in 1996, with a perimeter walking path, fishing dock and a public art trail along the shore.
The lake is stocked with rainbow trout and is one of the few places in central Metro Vancouver where you can legally fish (with a provincial licence, from the small dock at the south-west corner). Boating is not permitted. The 1.2 km perimeter path is paved, level and accessible.
The lake is best-known for the Lights at Lafarge winter festival — a free display of more than 100,000 LED lights strung through the trees and reflected in the water, running from mid-November to mid-January. The path also carries a permanent collection of public sculpture by Canadian artists. The Lafarge Lake–Douglas SkyTrain station is directly adjacent to the south-west corner of the lake.