Mount McPhail
| 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 between Mounts Bishop and Muir, N of Elkford, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°24'29"N, 114°51'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After N.R. McPhail of the surveyor general's staff, killed in action November 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |