Mowson Pond
| Feature Type: | Pond (1) - Inland body of standing water, usually smaller than a lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of Tyaughton Lake, NW of Lillooet, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'34"N, 122°45'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/15 |
| Related Maps: |
92J 92J/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 September 1951 on 92J as an established name and as labelled on Topographic and Survey Plan 9T276, and in Geological Survey of Canada 546A, "Tyaughton Lake" 1940. Name submitted by P.M. Monckton, BCLS in 1934. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after an elderly First Nation resident in the vicinity (no other information recorded). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |