Bonaparte Lake
Feature Type:Lake - Inland body of standing water.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Expansion of Bonaparte River, E of 70 Mile House, Kamloops Division Yale Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 51°15'37"N, 120°33'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92P/7
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 3 March 1955 on 92P, as a long-established name, and as labelled on Jorgenson's 1895 map of BC, and on BC map 1G, 1916 et seq, and as identified in 1930 & 1953 BC Gazetteers. See Bonaparte River.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office