Maclure Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Tyhee LakeOfficial, Tyee Lake |
| Relative Location: | Just E of Telkwa, SE of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°42'56"N, 127°02'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Maclure Lake (not Tyee Lake nor Long Lake)" adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, as labelled on BC map 3D, 1913. Name changed to Tyhee Lake 2 July 1951 on 93 L/11, being the well-established, preferred local name according to April 1953 advice from Smithers Chamber of Commerce (file S.1.51) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/significance of "Maclure" not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |