Capricorn Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of junction of Meager Creek and Lillooet River, NW of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°37'27"N, 123°31'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Capricorn Mountain adopted 22 June 1967 on 92J, not "Mount Capricorn" as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XXI, 1932 p.12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The name chosen for the 8440-foot mountain was Mt. Capricorn, a variation of the all-too-common appellation "Goat Mountain", applied by Bert [Perkins] to the stream which drains the Capricorn glacier at its base..." (Explorations in the Lillooet River Watershed, by Neal M. Carter, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XXI, 1932 p.12). Source: included with note |