| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Thomlinson Creek, SE of junction of Babine and Skeena Rivers, N of Hazelton, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°32'36"N, 127°29'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93M/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Thomlinson Mountain adopted 12 December 1939 on Geological Survey map 449A, Hazelton, in association with Thomlinson Creek. Form of name adjusted to Mount Thomlinson 5 July 1951 on 93M, as originally submitted in 1939 by BC Geographic Division for 93M. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named because it is located at the head of Thomlinson Creek, Thomlinson being the first missionary to visit Kisgegas and who founded a mission there. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Rev. Robert Tomlinson was an Anglican Church missionary on the Nass River in the late 1860s. Is he the intended namesake? (ie. is the mountain name mis-spelled?) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |