Morrison Lake Betula Island

The Ontario Geographic
Names Board/La Commission
de toponymie de l'Ontario
Names of Geographic
Features/Noms d'entités
géographiques
Parry Sound
10 17 6200 49650
MNR District/
District du MRN
Serial Number/
No de série
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Date de la réunion
01/25/2013 (143)
F/2013/005
Federal Map/
Carte fédérale
Provincial Map/
Carte provinciale
Decision Date/
Date de décision
08/06/2013
31D14
The following names of geographic features have been considered by the Ontario Geographic Names Board and pursuant to Section 3(8) of the
Ontario Geographic Names Board Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.16 are Recommended to the Minister for approval under Section 4 of the above Act/Les
noms d'entités géographiques qui suivent ont été pris en considération par la Commission de toponymie de l'Ontario et, en vertu du paragraphe 3 (8)
de la Loi sur la Commission de toponymie de l'Ontario, L.R.O. 1990, chap. O.16, sont recommandés au ministre pour approbation selon l'article 4 de
la loi sus-mentionnée
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COVE ROAD
© Queen's Printer for Ontario/Imprimeur de la Reine pour l'Ontario, 2013
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Sources: Base Data - LIO Mapper; Datum: NAD83; 08/19/2013. This map should not be relied on as a precise indicator of routes or locations, nor as a guide to navigation. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) shall not be
liable in any way for the use of, or reliance upon, this map or any information on this map./ Sources: Données de base - LIO Mapper; Datum: NAD83; 08/19/2013. Il ne faut présumer que cette carte indique précisément les voies et les lieux,
ni s'en servir comme guide à la navigation. Le ministére des Richesses naturelles de l'Ontario (MNR) n'assume aucune responsabilité quelle qu'elle soit relativement à l'utilisation de cette carte ou de la confiance qui serait mise en celle-ci.
Betula Island
2300 Island/Île; Wood; Gravenhurst; Muskoka; Morrison Lake; 44.8690084 - -79.451591 -- UTM= 17 622316.16 4969565.22
(NAD83); record status/statut de l'entrée au registre = A8; name key/code du nom d'entité = FKBCV; feature identifier/identificateur
d'attribut = 0c4e07c0849c20c32c639a5d98633bb9; Not/Non: Sims Island (FCONC - B4)
French-text equivalent/Équivalent français - île Betula. (FLAAH - Q2)
Name in well-established current local use since 1901. Named by the original cottagers on the lake - "betula" is Latin for birch.
At one time the island was covered by birch trees./Nom ancré dans l’usage local courant bien établi depuis 1901. Le nom a été donné
par les premiers propriétaires de chalets du lac – « betula » est le terme latin qui renvoie au bouleau. Il vint un temps où l’île était
recouverte de bouleaux.