| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Kootenay River, N of Fort Steele, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°46'43"N, 115°44'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Hanson Lake adopted 14 January 1954 on 82G/13. Name changed to Wasa Lake 27 July 1964 on 82G/NW to conform to entrenched local usage. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been spelled "Hansen Lake" on BC map 1EM, 1915 and on 1936 edition of map 4C, Cranbrook. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After early settler Nels Hansen, who called his property Wasa after his early home, the western Finland coastal community of Vasa. The BC Forest Service, Nelson, advised that except for a few long-time residents, everyone calls this Wasa Lake, not Hanson (or Hansen) Lake. (letter 22 July 1955, file C.2.26) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |