Polley Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just W of NW end of Quesnel Lake, NE of Williams Lake (city), Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°33'22"N, 121°36'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936 on BC map 3G, as labelled on BC map 1G, Cariboo, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Polleys Lake" on BC map of the Central District of Cariboo, 1898. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Refers to W. Polley, prospector, who held placer leases in the area. [one "Mr. Polley" is identified in the 1887 BC Mines Report, p.258, as prospecting in the Kangaroo Creek-Quesnel Forks area; presumably the same person] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |