Emery Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Drains W into head of Akehurst Lake, W side of North Thompson River between Bonaparte Lake and Little Fort, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°21'13"N, 120°27'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Emery Lake adopted 21 December 1977 on 92P, as required by Fish & Wildlife Branch for lake survey reporting purposes. Also Edwin Creek. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Private Edwin Levi Emery, K4670, from Blackpool (near Clearwater); serving with Canadian Scottish Regiment, RCIC, in Holland when he was killed in action 21 April 1945, age 22. Pte Emery is buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, grave III, G, 5. Survived by parents Ernest and Rosa Emery, Blackpool. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |