Southgate Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of head of Bute Inlet, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'03"N, 124°45'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 February 1924 on Ottawa file OBF 0836, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2D, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in association with Southgate River, in turn named in 1862 by Captain Richards, RN, after James Johnson Southgate, Victoria merchant and provisioner to Her Majesty's navy. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |