| Feature Type: | Lakes - Inland body of standing water. Plural of Lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Coquihalla River, NE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°38'01"N, 121°00'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/11 |
| Related Maps: |
92H/10 92H/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 January 1910 in association with Coquihalla River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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An [Indigenous] name, originally given to the river, means "greedy or hungry waters". The literal [Indigenous] word is "stingy container" in reference to local legend. A small pond was believed to be the home of [small] water dwellers who stole bait. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Quaqualla, an Ordained Chief, of the Fort Hope Indians, B.C." (letter describing note from Reverend Crickmer's diary from approximately 1860, L.I. 18.12.59, File H.1.36). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |