| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N. of Mount Robson, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°08'48"N, 119°09'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 December 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named in 1907 because of the icebergs that break off the glacier [at the foot of Mount Robson] and float about in the lake. (18th Report, Geographic Board of Canada, 1924). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Long-time area specialist Ches Lyons, in his televised travelogue of the Mount Robson area, showed footage of Berg Lake with many icebergs floating in it; Mr. Lyons said the lake was originally called "Iceberg Lake", but later became shortened to Berg Lake. (Klahannie, CBC, 14 June 1971) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |