Cecil Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NE of Fort St. John, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°20'12"N, 120°36'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94A/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 March 1929 on 94/SE, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3E, 1918 et seq. Re-approved 10 May 1954 on 93P. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named in 1910, after Major Cecil Morton Roberts, who was chief draughtsman at the Surveyor-General's Branch, BC Department of Lands in 1910. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |