Columbia 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 the Interior Plateau, S of 54º, Kootenay Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°59'59"N, 118°00'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 82L/16
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Origin Notes and History:

"Columbia System" adopted 2 April 1918; form of name changed to Columbia Mountains 7 May 1959 on 82 L/16, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 922A, Map of the Canadian Cordillera, 1948 (file R.2.27).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Comprised of the Purcell Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, Monashee Mountains and Caribou Mountains.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office