Sheridan Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Bridge Lake, SE of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°31'09"N, 120°53'42"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 3 July 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Sheridan Lake (not Eagle Lake)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After James Sheridan, first pre-emptor here. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |