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Places
Places term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Aiyansh (B.C.) 24 0
West Kootenay Region (B.C.) 31 0
Welcome Passage (B.C.) 4 0
Westley (B.C.) 2 0
Mission Dam (B.C.)
  • 'E end of Carpenter Lake at outlet to Bridge River, NW of Lillooet, Lillooet Land District... 'Formerly known as the Mission Dam; 180-foot-high earthfill construction, completed in 1960. Renamed 8 September 1965 by BC Hydro and Power Authority during the 6th Conference of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, held at Montreal. After Dr. Karl Terzaghi (1883-1963), internationally known engineer who, in 1921, developed the basic principles of modern soil mechanics; he was the principle consulting engineer during design and contruction of the Mission Dam (excerpts with photo of Karl Terzaghi and aerial photo of Terzaghi Dam in BC Hydro magazine 'Progress', Fall 1965, file G.1.36) '[Terzaghi Dam] adopted 27 May 1975 on 92J/NE as an established name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
3 0
Haida Gwaii (B.C.)

Use for: Queen Charlotte Islands

  • Formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands
695 0
W.A.C. Bennett Dam (B.C.)

Use for: Bennett Dam (B.C.)

20 0
Vancouver (Washington) 1 0
Penelakut Island (B.C.)

Use for: Kuper Island

  • Kuper Island adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq. Name changed to Penelakut Island 29 June 2010 to reflect traditional usage, as proposed by Penelakut Nation and agreed by other property owners. [BC Geographical Names Office]
25 0
James Island (B.C.) 22 0
Glenbank (B.C.) 14 0
Siberia 16 0
Antarctica 1 0
China 5 0
Russia 44 0
Kechika River (B.C.)
  • Name adopted in 1925. Previously known as Kachika River, Mud or Muddy River, Black['s] River.
5 0
Crater Lake (B.C.)
  • Along Chilkoot Trail.
3 0
Bennett Lake (B.C. & Y.T.) 24 0
Alice Lake (B.C.) 6 0
Ainsworth Hot Springs (B.C.)
  • Known as Ainsworth until 1963.
63 0
Union Bay (B.C.) 77 0
Mount Douglas (Saanich, B.C.) 2 0
Cormorant Island (B.C.)
  • Location of Alert Bay.
3 0
Mount Waddington (B.C.) 8 0
Nimpkish Lake (B.C.) 20 0
Mount Waddington Regional District (B.C.) 556 0
Glen Vowell (B.C.)
  • The traditional name has been spelled Sikadoak; the surrounding property is identified as Sik-e-dahk IR 2." GeoBC
5 0
Newcastle Island (B.C.) 19 0
Spillimacheen (B.C.) 7 0
Rocky Mountains (B.C.-Alta.) 60 0
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