| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Fannin Creek, SW of head of Indian Arm Burrard Inlet, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°26'41"N, 122°54'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 May 1928 on 92G (Ottawa file OBF 1134), also Fannin Range and Fannin Creek. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Fannin Creek and Lake (not Fan)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after John Fannin (1837-1904), one of the Overlanders of 1862, naturalist, and first curator of the provincial museum, a position he held from 1886 until shortly before his death in 1904. (January 1926 letter from Mr. Kermode, curator, provincial museum, file M.1.27) Additional biographical information in Victoria Daily Times/obituary, 20 June 1904 (copy on file B.1.28) See also Mount Fannin. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |