Mount Plowden
| 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: | E side of entrance to Wakeman Sound Kingcome Inlet, NE of Port McNeill (municipality), Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°58'13"N, 126°27'17"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 April 1957 on C.3576, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #581, 1867 et seq, and on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Flowden" on Geological Survey map 92A, 1913. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |