| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Purvis and Tchentlo Lakes, SE of Takla Landing, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°11'31"N, 125°19'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93N/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1950 on 93N. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Submitted April 1944 by Howard Alexander MacDonald, after himself: Born at Revelstoke, 1908; 3rd generation Canadian, mother and father born in Ontario. Flying (commercial) from bases in Tulsequa, Atlin and Fort St. James 1932 to 1944 (except 4 years RCAF on trans-Atlantic). Forced landing on this lake at the head of a tributary flowing into Purvis Lake, February 18 or 19, 1944, whilst flying from Fort St. James to Bralorne Mercury Mines, a compacted aerodrome for winter operation, situated 6 miles north of east end of Tsayta Lake. (biographical info provided 25 April 1944 by H.A. MacDonald (file M.1.37) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |