Deka Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Deka Creek, N of Bridge Lake, E of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'59"N, 120°46'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936 on Ottawa file OBF 1484, as labelled on BC Land's map 3G, 1919 & 1935, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Also Deka Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"A surveyor's mis-spelling of 'Decker', the name of a family from the Canim Lake Indian Reserve that used to fish here." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |