Kaufmann Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Chimney Peak in Kootenay National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°16'14"N, 116°14'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
| Related Maps: |
82N 82N/8 82O |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 May 1918 (published in the Canada Gazette 18 May 1918), as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #15, 1916 Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Professor H.C. Parker of Columbia University, after his Swiss guide Christian Kaufmann; during their ascent of Mount Deltaform they had camped overnight at this lake. (Appalachia, Vol X, 1902-1904, p 294) Source: included with note |