Shannon Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Okanagan Lake, SW of Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°51'24"N, 119°36'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1955 on 82E/NW, as labelled on BC map 4N, 1930. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After Shannon Marshall, settler in the 1890s; from Washington State; returned c. 1907 and died there. An able horse-breaker and trainer; known as 'Professor'." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Gellatly, 50, 54, 57-58, 66). Source: included with note |