Corey Hayes Lake is named in memory of Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes. It was named on November 4, 2010 by the Government of Manitoba.
Corey Hayes was born in Ripples, New Brunswick in January 1987 but moved to Wawanesa, Manitoba during his high school years. Following high school, he joined the Canadian Forces in November 2006 and completed his crewman training at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown after which he was posted to the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Petawawa. Deploying to Afghanistan as a member of his unit’s Reconnaissance Squadron, Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes was killed on March 20, 2009 when his armoured vehicle struck and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Shah Wali Khot District, about 20 km northeast of Kandahar City.
