Kokanee Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Kokanee Creek, NE of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°44'51"N, 117°10'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/11 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/11 82F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on Geological Survey sheet 2038, Kokanee Glacier Park (Ottawa file OBF 0850), as labelled on BC Lands map of East & West Kootenay, 1902 et seq, and on Geological Survey sheet 792, West Kootenay, 1902, and on BC map 1EM, 1915 etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Okanagan (Interior Salish) word for the small salmon found here, the land-locked spawn of the sockeye. See also Kokanee Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |