Niskonlith Lake
| Language of origin | Salishan language family Secwepemctsín language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Drains S into South Thompson River just below Little Shuswap Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°46'49"N, 119°46'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 June 1930 on 82L/13 as appears on Reference Map 604 "Shuswap; Geological" (1898), Reference Map 669 "Shuswap; Topographic" (1989). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Named after a well-known [Secwepemc] cheif in the mid-1800s." - p. 191 Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver1973. |