Monroe Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of N end Moyie Lake, S of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'53"N, 115°51'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Monroe Lake adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on Dominion Sectional map 14, Pincher Creek, 1916; not "Munroe Lake" as spelled on Geological Survey sheet 771, East Kootenay District, 1902, and on Geological Survey sheet 147A, Cranbrook, 1915, nor "Monroe's Lake" as spelled on plan 23B1, Old Kootenay Lake (date not cited) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |