Colonel Johnston Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Diana Lake, just SE of Port Edward at mouth of Skeena River, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°12'11"N, 130°10'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Colonel Johnston Lake adopted 1 October 1979 on 103 J/1, not "Johnston Lake" as originally submitted January 1964 by Forestry District Office (file P.1.52). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Colonel Johnston was senior officer in Command at Prince Rupert during the war; still a resident of Prince Rupert, 1964. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |