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Kootenay Lake

Feature
Polygon
Name Kootenay Lake
Indigenous Language of Origin Uncoded languages
Toponymic Feature ID 0cfb9592849c20c3f570d88ee4ac5426
Key JALEW
Status Official
Concise Term LAKE-Lake
Generic Term Lake
Location Kootenay Land District
Province/Territory British Columbia
Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 49° 42′ 45″ N, 116° 53′ 0″ W
Latitude - Longitude (decimal) 49.7125, -116.883333
NTS Map Number 082F10
Relevance at Scale 1:5 000 000
Decision Date 1924-03-31
Source British Columbia-Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
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