| Feature Type: | Plateau - Extensive, elevated region, with either level terrain, or nearly uniform summit levels. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | SW of junction of Coldwater and Nicola Rivers, W of Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°03'59"N, 120°56'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Coutlee, not Coutlie" (plateau, railway station and town) adopted in 12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1913, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Name no longer used or recognized by area residents; rescinded 14 May 1982 on 92 I/2,3 and 92H/15. See Coutlee (locality) for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Spelled "Coutlie Plateau" on Geological Survey of Canada's 1887 map of a portion of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, from 1877 surveys by Dawson and 1882-4 surveys by Bowman; and on Dominion sectional sheet 33, Yale, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |