Arctic Lake
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of headwaters of Parsnip River, NE of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°25'13"N, 121°40'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 July 1959 on 93/NE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1910 by T.H. Taylor, BCLS, who was employed that year by the BC Government to explore and survey the Parsnip and McGregor Rivers. "This lake is at the Pacific-Arctic Divide; the water is clear as crystal". (Extract from Reports of British Columbia Land Surveyors, Cariboo District, 1891-1927.) Also Portage Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |