Adopted 6 March 1928 on 94B, as labelled on 1919 Geological Survey map of Peace River District, to accompany J.C. Gwillim's report, and as labelled on subsequent BC maps. Name rescinded 17 October 1996 at the request of the Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians; this name is viewed as offensive by the Chinese community (files 10280-01-004 and C.1.44). Chunamun Lake adopted 4 October 2001 on 94B/1, per District of Hudson's Hope council resolution # 392/00, 28 November 2000, and certified by their administrator 28 August 2001.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Chinaman's Lake...is a very picturesque spot, and the lake teems with trout and would have been a boon to settlers in the district..." (Extract from the Report of G.B. Milligan, BCLS, 17 December 1912, appearing in "Abstracts from Reports of the Peace River and Cassiar Districts made by BC Land Surveyors to the Department of Lands, 1891-1928", p.11).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office