Gates
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On British Columbia Railway, SW. of Birkenhead Lake, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'59"N, 122°32'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gates (station) adopted 31 December 1970 on 92J/NE. Status changed to Gates (locality) 15 April 1983 on 92J/10. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named in association with Gates River and Lake - after James Gates who settled around here in 1900. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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The railway station was shown as "Indian Medow" in Employee Working Timetable No. 70, 14 April 1952, and "Indian Meadows" in Employee Working Timetable No. 75,19 May 1957. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |