Lac des Roches
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Bridge Lake and Little Fort (community), SE of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°28'03"N, 120°34'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92P/10 92P/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lac des Roches adopted 3 July 1914 as a long-established name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Roche L." on Epner's 1862 map of the Gold Regions of BC; labelled "L. des Roches" on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia. Identified as "Lac des Roche (Long)" on BC map 1G, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In the fur trade era the brigade trail to Fort Alexandria went up the North Thompson to the present Little Fort, and across by Bridge Lake [and Lac des Roches] to Green Lake and Lac la Hache.... Source: Place Names of the Kamloops District; Kamloops Museum, 1978 |