Tagai 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 Pelican Lake, NE of Titetown Lake, S of Chilako River , Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°27'19"N, 123°40'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/5 |
| Related Maps: |
93G 93G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 May 1963 on map 93G/5 as listed in 1953 Gazetteer and on Reference Map 1G 1959 "B.C. East Central." Earlier references may appear as Three Mile Lake on Reference Map 22C "Blackwater and Chilako Rover Valleys." Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Takulli word recorded as meaning "three" in Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia 1884 ed. (p. 69). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |