Teslin Lake
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tlingit language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Teslin River, straddling BC-Yukon boundary, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°49'59"N, 132°17'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104N/16 |
| Related Maps: |
104N/16 104N/9 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
"Teslin Lake and River (not Hootalinqua nor Teslin-too)" adopted in the 1st Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898; described as "in southern part of Yukon." Location description altered in the 11th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1912, to "in BC and Yukon." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |