British Columbia. Lake
Just W of BC-Alberta boundary, SE of Kakwa Lake
53.9361 N 120.0219 W — Map 093H16 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
Just W of BC-Alberta boundary, SE of Kakwa Lake
53.9361 N 120.0219 W — Map 093H16 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
This lake appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 39 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 39 (surveyed in 1924)
George Kilpatrick, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, visited this area in 1923, and suggested this name after the daughter of a friend (11 February 1957 letter from Geographic Board of Canada, file P.1.47).
Called “Surprise Lake” by Samuel Prescott Fay [1884–1971], who was in the area in 1912 and 1914; called “Greenwater Lake” by Col. Townsend Whelen, a trophy hunter who was there in 1922.
References:
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Cecilia Lake
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