Feature Type: | Dam - A barrier constructed to hold back water, to raise and control its level and/or to form a reservoir. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
S end of Duncan Lake, just N of Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°15'14"N, 116°56'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82K/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted as a long-established name.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Completed June 1967. See BC Hydro magazine "Progress", Fall 1966.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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