Punchaw 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 Tako River, N side of West Road (Blackwater) River SW of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°25'12"N, 123°01'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Punchaw Lake adopted 9 May 1963 on 93G, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916 et seq; not "Punchow Lake" as spelled on Pre-Emptor's map 3A, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Derived from the Carrier word meaning "big lake". Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |