Floe Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of Foster Peak in the Vermillion Range, in Kootenay National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°02'59"N, 116°08'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1952 on 82N/SE, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. An established local name, referring to ice floes that persist in this glacial tarn into the late spring months. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |