H. B. C. Lake

Harold Bertram Clyde Lake (1884 – September 1965) was a businessman and political figure in Newfoundland.

He worked as a deck hand, later becoming master of his own schooner and later went into business.

Elected as a Liberal-Conservative in 1924, he changed allegiance to the Liberal-Progressive party in 1926.

Lake served as Minister of Marine and Fishery in the Newfoundland cabinet.

By 1948, his company was the largest exporter of salt fish in Newfoundland.