Mount Burke
| 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: | W side of Pitt River at SE end of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, in Coquitlam (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°18'27"N, 122°42'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 May 1951 on 92G, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1922, published 1868 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1859 by Captain Richards, RN, (presumably in association with Addington Point & Pitt River), after the late Edmund Burke, British Statesman. See Burke Channel. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |