Jack of Clubs Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Jack of Clubs Creek at Wells, W of Barkerville, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°05'22"N, 121°35'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Jack of Clubs Lake (not Jack o' Clubs) adopted 6 June 1922, as labelled on Amos Bowman's map of the Cariboo Mining District, 1887-88. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Had been labelled "Jack Club Lake" on an 1861 map of the Cariboo Gold Fields. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |