Mount Whiteaves
| 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: | On BC Alberta boundary, W of upper Blaeberry River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°43'26"N, 116°47'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in 18th Report. For J.F. Whiteaves, L.L.D., F.R.S.C., late palaeontologist to Geological Survey. (BritishColumbia-Alberta Boundary names with letter to L.C. Charlesworth Edmonton, Alberta, March 8, 1920), file 82N (Alberta-B.C.). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |