Lakewood is a ghost town in Western Australia, located between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Originally the town was known as Lakeside and in 1903 the local progress association lobbied the government for residential lots to be surveyed.

The name Gnumballa was considered by the Kalgoorlie Road Board but when the town was gazetted in 1904 it was originally named Ngumballa.

The name of the railway station, on the Kalgoorlie to Gnumballa Lake railway line, remained as Lakeside and by 1909 the name of the town was also changed.

Timber railways for firewood in the goldfields, were linked to the locality in the early 20th century.