| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Mud Lake |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of lower Kitsumkalum River, just N of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°41'42"N, 128°46'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mud Lake adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 3M, 1916. Name changed to Treston Lake 2 June 1950 on 103I/10, presumably to avoid duplication. Treston Lake confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Mr. William Treston, a pioneer of the district who travelled overland on foot from Bella Coola to the Terrace area in the early 1900's. Treston pre-empted land here in 1910. (February 1961 advice from Land Commissioner, Prince Rupert; the Land Commissioner, in turn, provided a hand-lettered map to Mr. Treston in June 1961, file T.1.48). Treston was a lighthouse keeper in the early 1960's, and died 8 March 1969 at Prince Rupert, age 88. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |