Green Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Green River, NE of Alta Lake, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'59"N, 122°56'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"This lake on the P.G.E. near Alta Lake was named by Commander R.C. Mayne when he visited it in 1861. He wrote, '...finding the Indians knew no name for it, I called it Green Lake from the remarkably green colour of the water.' " Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |