Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Between Iskut (locality) and Mount Edziza Provincial Park, S of Dease Lake (community), Cassiar Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
57°50'23"N, 130°12'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
104G/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Castle Rock (Mountain) adopted 6 May 1954 on 104G, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917, and on BC map 5C, 1929, and as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Incorrectly identified in the 1930 & 1966 BC Gazetteers as "Castle Rock Mountain." Incorrectly identified in the 1985 BC Gazetteer and in CGNDB as Castle Rock (Rock).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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