| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Okanagan Mountain, E side Okanagan Lake N of Naramata, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'59"N, 119°32'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chute Lake (Station) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, Kettle River, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Chute Lake (locality) 6 June 1979 on 82E/12. See Chute Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Chute Lake Post Office was opened 16 October 1921, located at Mile 106, Kettle Valley Railway; Mrs. Jessie Martin postmistress; closed 31 October 1923; re-opened 1 April 1924; closed 30 September 1925; may have opened briefly again before closing in 1927. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to recall the former name of Lequime Creek. Chute is a French word of "fall" or "fast water" Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |