Tatla 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: | Expansion of Tatla Lake Creek, N of Telhiqox Biny (lake), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°58'55"N, 124°25'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/16 |
| Related Maps: |
92N/15 92N/16 93C/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1924 in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC Lands Map 1G, 1916. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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The name comes from the Carrier word meaning 'at the end of the lake.' Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |