| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Yuyetah BinyOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Head of Yohetta Creek, W of Taseko Lakes, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°13'45"N, 123°50'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Yohetta Lake adopted 6 May 1924 on Ottawa file OBF 0836, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1923. Name changed to Yuyetah Biny 11 June 2020 on 92O/4 as recommended by the Tŝilhqot'in National Government as this is the Tŝilhqot'in name for this lake and supported by Cariboo Regional District, Rec Sites and Trails BC, and the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The Chilcotin name is yuyetabin [where bin means lake], an important lake for dolly varden, rainbow trout and whitefish." (from an interview with Henry Solomon, Nemaiah Valley, about place names and resources in the Nemaiah Valley-Taseko Lakes-Yohetta Valley area, conducted by Robert Tynhurst 24 July 1983) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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See name record for 'Yuyahtah Biny,' the Tŝilhqot’in name for Yohetta Lake, for more information on the name origin. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |