| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E end of Nechako Reservoir, SW of Vanderhoof, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°31'10"N, 124°53'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
93F/10 93F/6 93F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1956 on 93F, as proposed by the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Expansion of the Nechako River, the lake created by flooding behind the Kenney Dam creating Nechako Reservoir. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the late Frederick William Knewstubb, who first forsaw the possibility of such a project, which was carried out by the Aluminium Company of Canada (ALCAN). Knewstubb joined the Water Rights Branch as a draughtsman in 1911, became a hydrological engineer in 1926, and was Chief Hydrologic Engineer for the Water Rights Branch at the time of his death, 16 December 1937. [also the namesake of Mount Knewstubb near Chilko Lake, which area he had surveyed for 3 years.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |