Bednesti Lake
Language of origin Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Dakelh, Carrier language
Feature Type:Lake - Inland body of standing water.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Head of Tachintelachick Creek, E of Cluculz Lake, Cariboo Land District
Tags: Indigenous
Latitude-Longitude: 53°51'32"N, 123°22'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93G/14
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 7 October 1948 on 93J/ W, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916 et seq.

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

[Indigenous] name meaning fat trout (Surveys Report, 1919, p.38 by A.H. Holland, BCLS);
[Indigenous] name meaning big trout (Surveys Report, 1921, p.35 by J.F. Campbell, BCLS);
From the Carrier [Indigenous] word pitenistai, meaning "the bull trout got gutted" (A.G. Morice, The Carrier Language, 1932)

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