Skwaam Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW side of Adams Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°04'18"N, 119°46'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Agate Bay (not Skwaam Bay)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Skwaam Bay 3 October 1933 (Ottawa file OBF 0024). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |