Barbican Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between heads of Geikie and Tonquin Creeks at S end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°43'10"N, 118°24'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (North) as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 28, 1921, and as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XIII, 1923, pp.53-63. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Barbican: an outer defensive work of a city or castle." (Oxford Dictionary). First ascent described in CAJ Vol XIV, 1924, pp.60-65; photo p.60. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |