Wahleach Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Fraser River, SW of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'43"N, 121°36'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wahleach Lake adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on Harris' 1912 map of New Westminster District and on Department of Interior Map, 1923 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Jones Lake" on 1905 edition of Harri's map of New Westminster; labelled "Wahleach (Jones) Lake" on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914; identified as Jones Lake in BC Mines Report 1917, p.300. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |