Spearhead Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Wedge and Fitzsimmons Creeks, just SE of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°03'59"N, 122°50'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 August 1965 on 92J, as long-established in the mountaineering community. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1923 by Don and Phyllis Munday. Descriptive: the peaks rise above the fog and resemble a row of upright spears. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |