Cunningham Lake (In Carrier: Yeko Bun) is situated approximately 91 kilometres from Fort St. James, British Columbia via Lind Pit Lake road. Nankut Creek connects Cunningham to Stuart Lake. It is also the name of a tranquil little village nearby, used as a summer–fall camp for thousands of years by the Yekoochet'en people and other nearby Indigenous people. In fact, the Yekooche people's very name derives from the area – Ye Koo refers to Yeko Bun (Cunningham Lake) and Che describes the tail end of Nankut Creek. is located on the south shore of the lake (officially to the Tl'azt'en Nation known as Ye Koos Lee Indian Reserve 11).