| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of Mount Nicola, W of Quilchena Creek, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°00'12"N, 120°36'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 February 1930 on 92I/SE, as identified in 1880 field book 19/80, ph 2, Kamloops District; and in Water Rights File 20-7-8, 4 April 1892. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Courtenay Lake" on BC maps 2B, 1914, and 4M, 1927. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin not known. Understood to refer to early settlers, however description in Nicola Valley Historical Quarterly, Vol 11, No 4, December 1994, indicates that the Courtney family didn't arrive in the area until 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |