Carpenter Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Bridge River, NW of Lillooet, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°51'47"N, 122°33'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/15 |
| Related Maps: |
92J/15 92J/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Carpenter Reservoir adopted 7 June 1951; form of name changed to Carpenter Lake 5 July 1951 on 92J and 92NE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Mr. Carpenter, who first came to BC from the United States in 1909, with the firm Sanderson & Porter, and who was responsible for much of the early design work for the Bridge River project, and for the tunnel construction carried out from 1927 to 1931; retired 1944. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |