Cariboo Mountains
| Feature Type: | Mountains - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. Plural of Mountain. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Rocky Mountain Trench and E side of Bowron Lake, Cariboo Mountains & Wells Gray Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°54'59"N, 120°15'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cariboo Mountains adopted 2 April 1918, not "Cariboo Range" as labelled on Bowman's 1887 map of the Cariboo Mining District. Application altered 7 March 1963 on Geological Survey sheet 922A, Landforms of BC, as identified on BC Mines Bulletin #48 (July 1962 letter, file C.2.46). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |