Trimble Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Trimble Creek, SE of Redfern Lake in Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°16'17"N, 123°35'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Trimble Lake adopted 6 March 1928 on 94G in association with Mount Trimble and Trimble Creek, not "Deadman Lake" as labelled on earlier maps. See Trimble, Mount for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Formerly Deadman or Deadman's Lake: two prospectors had a disagreement and killed each other, c1925. Another local story is that two miners bound for the Klondike c1898, had a dispute and killed each other. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |