| 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 Nation River, above Chuchi Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°11'36"N, 124°59'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93N/3 |
| Related Maps: |
93N/2 93N/3 93N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tchentlo Lake adopted 2 June 1950 on 93N, as labelled on BC maps 3C, 1914, and 1H, 1917 and 5A, 1917, and 3D, 1937; significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The traditional name is Chintl'o. ("Central Carrier Country" © Carrier Linguistic Committee, Fort St. James, 1974). Source: included with note |
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Labelled Choo Chi Bon Lake on Jorgensen's 1895 map of BC, and on Poudrier's 1891 map of Northern BC. [Note that "bun" is the Carrier word for lake]. Labelled "Turner" on Fr. Morice's 1907 map of the Northern Interior of BC. "Tchentlo Lake (not Turner, Upper Nation or Cho-eta-bon)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |