| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just W of BC-Alberta boundary, SE of Kakwa Lake, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°56'09"N, 120°01'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 38. Also Cecilia Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mr. G. Kilpatrick, pastor of St Andrews Church in Ottawa, visited this area in 1923, and suggested this name after the daughter of a friend (11 February 1957 letter from Geographic Board of Canada, file P.1.47). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Called "Surprise Lake" by S. Prescott Fay, who was in the area in 1912 & 1914; called "Greenwater Lake" by Col. Townsend Whelen, a trophy hunter who was there in 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |