Crescent Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Willow River between Big Valley Creek and Stony Lake, NE of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°16'16"N, 121°54'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 March 1936 on Geological survey sheet 335A, Willow River, as labelled on BC map 3G, 1935. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Geographic Board breifly considered changing Crescent to "Cress" to avoid confusion with 8 similary-named features; BC recommended 9 March 1935 that the name Crescent Lake be retained (file W.1.35) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |