Bowser Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Bowser River, NE of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°26'39"N, 129°33'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104A/5 |
| Related Maps: |
104A/5 104A/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104/SE, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1H, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1912 by Charles P. Hickman, who had located the lake that year while making a tour of inspection of sockeye salmon spawning areas of the Nass basin; after William J. Bowser, former Premier of the province. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |