| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of E end Babine Lake, NW of Fort St. James, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°30'10"N, 124°55'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/10 |
| Related Maps: |
93K/10 93K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 November 1937 on Geological Survey sheet 630A, Fort Fraser, as labelled on 1907 "Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia", by Fr. A.G. Morice, OMI, and as labelled on BC map 3C, "Stuart Lake", 1923 et seq (file F.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This lake is in the Babine Lake watershed; it does not drain NW through Camsell Creek into Stuart Lake as labelled on Morice's 1907 map. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Possibly named after Dr. Charles Camsell, CMG, LLD, FRSC, FGSA, MEIC, (1876- ), employed by Geological Survey of Canada for 42 years; 26 years as Deputy Minister of Mines; retired 1 July 1946. Note however that there is no evidence in BC mines reports that Dr. Camsell worked in the Stuart-Babine area, so this origin theory is suspect. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |