Eddontenajon Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Iskut River, E of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°46'18"N, 129°58'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/13 |
| Related Maps: |
104H/12 104H/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Eddontenajon Lake adopted 5 February 1945 on 104/SE, not "Eddontenas Lake" as mis-spelled on BC map 5C, 1929, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Correct spelling is Eddontenajon, an Indigenous name meaning "child crying in the water", referring to the loons' call. Legend is that long ago a child was drowned in the lake and the loons' calls are actually the child's cries." (information relayed by P.M. Monckton, BCLS) Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |