According to a map and materials by Heritage Advisory Committee and Environment and Waste Management Committee of the City of Burnaby (1993), Eagle Creek is fed by a large watershed which drains the slopes of Burnaby Mountain, and at one time included a large marsh and beaver pond located in the old Lochdale district.

In 1910, when the Vancouver real-estate firm of Ross and Shaw tried to sell their new subdivision on the mountain, they printed ads in the Vancouver Daily Province which announced: "Adjoining this desirable property is the beautiful Quinte Lake, where it is proposed to erect a tourist hotel."

Apparently local residents thought the name was hilarious and much too grandiose a description for a beaver pond.

"[1] Residents enjoyed swimming in the pond and in the winter people came from miles around to skate.

Lake access is at Phillips Avenue at Woodbrook Place, across from Greystone Shopping Mall.