Mahoney Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Vaseux Lake, between Penticton and Oliver, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'23"N, 119°34'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mahoney Lake adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey map 420A, Kettle River (Ottawa file OBF 1525). Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Identified as "Alkali Lake" in 1918 surveyors notes (Field Book 119/18, ph 17, p.54 & 54A); changed to Mahoney Lake presumably to avoid duplication. Refers to John Mahoney, who pre-empted Lot 521, 10 February 1908. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |