Kinaskan Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Iskut River, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°36'14"N, 130°08'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, March 31, 1924, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1H, 1917. Re-approved 24 July 1945 on 104/SE, and 6 May 1954 on 104 G. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Labelled "Iskut Lake" on BC Lands' map 1A, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The [Indigenous] meaning is "raft-crossing", as supplied to G.Emerson, BCLS, by the Catholic Priest at Telegraph Creek in 1951. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |