| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Atnarko River S of Anahim Lake (community), E of S end Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°10'59"N, 125°19'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93C/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Charlotte Lake adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916; not Kappan Lake as mis-labelled on a map entitled Tatla-Bella Coola, by Dr. Dolmage (date/additional details not cited). Charlotte Lake re-approved 7 February 1947 on 93SW, described as "at the head of Atnarko River"; description subsequently changed to "expansion of Atnarko River". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Said to be named after the wife of a surveyor. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |
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Note that this lake was NOT named after Charlotte Whitton (1896-1975), the first woman mayor of Ottawa, 1951-56 and 1961-64, although a tributary of Charlotte Lake, Whitton Creek, was deliberately named in 1953 with her in mind. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |