Nahwitti Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Nahwitti River, SW of Georgie Lake, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°42'19"N, 127°50'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 June 1947 on 92L/12 as an established name and as listed in 1930 Gazetteer and as labeled on Reference Map 2C "Vancouver Island, Northerly" (1919, 1929). Named in association with Nahwitti River. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Recorded as being named in association with a local Indigenous nation, the Tlatlasikwala nation (formerly Nuwitti or Nahwitti), as was recorded in the Royal Commission of Indian Affairs. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |