Mount Skook Davidson
| 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: | NW of junction of Kechika and Gataga Rivers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°40'53"N, 127°19'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 26 January 1979 on 94L. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In honour of John Ogilvie ("Skookum") Davidson (1892 - 1972), land surveyor, pioneer packer, guide and rancher in the upper Kechika area. This mountain overlooks Skook's Diamond J Ranch, across the Kechika River just below Terminus Mountain. See Times-Colonist, Islander Magazine, 29-30 May 1983. Also Skooks Landing. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |