Eagle Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | Just E of Tatla Lake (community), W of Williams Lake (city), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°54'46"N, 124°23'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Eagle Lake adopted 25 March 1914 for BC map 1G. Name changed to Lhuy Nachasgwen Gunlin 11 June 2020 on 92N/16 as recommended by the Tŝilhqot'in National Government as this is the Tŝilhqot'in name for this lake and it was supported by Cariboo Regional District, Rec Sites and Trails BC, and the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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on Geological Survey map "Fraser River and Coast", G.M. Dawson, 1875-1876. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |