Gates Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Gates River, SW. of Anderson Lake, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°28'37"N, 122°37'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92J 92J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 September 1951 on map 92J, as established on BC Lands Map 2B, 1914, and in the 1930 Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file P.1.51. |
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Gates River and Gates Lake suggested by Chief Engineer of the Pacific Great East Railway in August 1914, after James Gates who settled in the area in 1900. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Summit Lake" was listed as an old or other name for this lake. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |