| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW of junction of Sumas and Fraser Rivers between Matsqui and Chilliwack, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'21"N, 122°08'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chadsey Creek adopted 12 December 1939 on 92G/1, not Lost Creek as labelled on BC Reference map 77 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after a pioneering family; descendants still residing in the Chilliwack area. Victoria Times 17 July 1940 carried the following notice: "William Harvey Chadsey, 73-year old BC pioneer, died in hospital [at Chilliwack] last night. Born at Sumas, BC, 27 Februrary 1867, he was the 3rd of 4 pioneer brothers who farmed in the Sumas Prairie district in the latter part of the last century. He is survived by 2 sisters and a brother, Lockhart, all of the Chilliwack district." The following crown grants were registered: Chester Chadsey Lot 85, 10 October 1862; George Chadswy Lot 87, 3 April 1866; James Chadsey Lot 292, 9 February 1870 and Lot 84, 10 June 1872; William Chadsey Lot 88, 16 March 1874 (all Group 2, New Westminster District, located just east of Sumas River). See also Chadsey Creek, Queen Charlotte Islands. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |