Davis Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Davis Creek, just N of Kettle Valley (community), Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'26"N, 118°52'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1959 on 82E/SE, as identified on 1916 survey plan for Lot 2320-S (Field Book 684/16 ph 17), and as labelled on BC map 4K, 1923, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Also Davis Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Refers to Capt. Davis, who applied for pre-emption of Lot 2320-S in 1916; Davis Lake is within this lot, and Davis Creek crosses the west boundary. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |