Helmet Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N end of Lake Island, just off SW side of Don Peninsula in Mathieson Channel, NW of Bella Bella, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°21'16"N, 128°21'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 April 1929 on Milbanke Sound Chart (C328 ?), as labelled on British Admiralty Charts #1923B, 1868, and #1462, 1872. Re-approved 12 July 1946 on C.3728. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive of shape. Note that Captain Pender's 1868 chart #1923B shows Lake Island, Lady Douglas Island and Dowager Island as a single feature with "Helmet Peak labelled toward the east side of the landmass. The next chart, #1462, published in 1872, delineates all the shorelines and identifies this feature on Lake Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |