Brough Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Brough Creek just S of Barkerville, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°01'09"N, 121°32'59"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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Adopted 24 March 1936 on Geological Survey sheet, Willow River (Ottawa file 1484), as labelled on BC map 3G, 1935, and on plan 9T294, Williams Creek (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Possibly a reference to the "Browse" mineral claim (?) identified on Amos Bowman's 1895 map of Williams Creek, and in 1896 BC Mines Report; this claim ran for 400 feet along Williams Creek, just south of Barkerville. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |