Hyak 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: | S. of Toby Creek, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'25"N, 116°26'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 October 1954 on 82K/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After one of the first steamers on the upper Columbia River; also Midge Peak and Klahowya Mountain, similarly named to recall early steamers. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |