| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Mark Creek at S end of Kimberley, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'01"N, 115°59'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 May 1981 on 82G/12, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4C, 1936, and as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Shown as a expansion of Elmer Creek on BC Lands' map 4C (Elmer Creek drains south through Elmer Lake then turns east and drains into Mark Creek); identified as "at the head of Elmer Creek" in the 1953 BC Gazetteer; no streams draining south into/through Elmer Lake on current maps; Elmer Lake seems to drain eastward through roadside ditches and culverts into Mark Creek. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |