Tezzeron Lake
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Dakelh, Carrier language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Pinchi Lake, NW of Fort St. James, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°42'23"N, 124°27'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/9 |
| Related Maps: |
93K/10 93K/15 93K/16 93K/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3C, 1923. Re-approved 2 November 1937 on 93K. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The traditional name is Chuzghun . ("Central Carrier Country" © Carrier Linguistic Committee, Fort St. James, 1974). Source: included with note |
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From the Carrier word meaning "moulting lake," where ducks and geese moult. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997, page 301. |