Lake House
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Dease LakeOfficial |
| Relative Location: | S end of Dease Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°25'59"N, 130°01'33"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lake House (Landing) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, located at 58° 28' - 130° 02'. Form of name changed to Lake House (HBC Post and Settlement) 1 June 1937 on Ottawa file OBF 1530. Name changed to Dease Lake (settlement) 28 December 1944 on 104NE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |