Paul Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Paul Creek, NE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'24"N, 120°07'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 June 1927 on Ottawa file OBF 1140, as proposed in 1925 by C.H. Taggart, DLS, in association with Mount Lolo nearby. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the Indian chief Jean Baptiste Lolo, commonly known as "St. Paul." The latter name was frequently shortened to Paul. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |