| Feature Type: | Peaks - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. Plural of Peak (2). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Monarch Mountain at SW end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, SE of Bella Coola, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°55'27"N, 125°53'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 19 December 1968 on 92N at 51 56 - 125 53. Application altered 15 April 1984 on 92N/13 to 51 55 30 - 125 53 30 (NAD27). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled in the wrong position on federal 1:50,000 map 92N/13, ed.1 (about 1 km north of the correct location). The summit ridge of Concubine Peaks stretches 1+ km in a north-south direction from 3062m peak at 51°56'11 x 125°53'33" to 3096m peak at 51°55'28" x 125°53'32" Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"...noticed foot prints made by a party of six Seattle climbers who had flown in... and made first ascent of the two Concubines'...." (August 1965 climb described by Martin Kafer, published in Canadian Alpine Journal 1966, pp 83-87) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...the 3rd ascent party in the Monarch Mtn area applied the name 'Concubine Peaks' in keeping with the royalty theme..." (January 1967 letter, p.40, from Dick Culbert, author of Climbers Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia, file C.1.64) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |