Seton Portage
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Seton Lake |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Seton and Anderson Lakes, W of Lillooet, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°42'24"N, 122°17'20"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Seton Lake (Post Office) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 6 September 1951 on 92 J. Form of name changed to Seton Portage (Village) 17 January 1952 on 92 J. Form of name changed to Seton Portage (Settlement) 19 March 1952 on 92 J. Identified as Seton Portage (Post Office) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Seton Portage (community) 28 February 1983 on 92 J/9. [the railway point here is named Seton.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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...not pronounced as in the French, port AWZH, but in the English way, POR tij... [March 2009 advice from researcher Mike Cleven, who lived in this area as a child.] Source: included with note |