Adopted 15 October 1973 on 82 NW, 83 SW, MCR5 sheet 3, as named by Cabinet (Victoria Times, 10 August 1973), referring to the pondage behind Mica Dam, informally called "Mica Reservoir". Name changed to Kinbasket Lake 7 February 1980 by unanimous approval of Cabinet, as recommended 5 February 1980 to full Cabinet by Cabinet Committee on Economic Development. Name was changed in response to local public pressure to reinstate the historic name, Kinbasket.

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After General Andrew George Latta McNaughton, CB, CMG, DSO, Commander of Canadian Forces in Great Britain 1939-43. Biographical sketch in Encyclopedia Canadiana. With the release of formerly-classified documents, the circumstances of McNaughton's dismissal are examined in Legion Magazine, May/June 1997

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