Lakelse Hot Springs
[la KELS]
| Language of origin | Tsimshianic language family Ts'msyen language |
| Feature Type: | Hotsprings / Hot Springs - Site of a natural flow of hot or warm water issuing from the ground. Plural of Hotspring / Hot Spring. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Lakelse Lake between Hatchery and Schulbuckland Creeks, S of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°21'33"N, 128°32'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1945 on 103I. Confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I/7. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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La-kelse is the Tsimpsean word for the fresh water mussel. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |