Wedeene Mountain
| 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 |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of head of Wedeene River, NW of Kitimat, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°16'13"N, 128°58'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1950 on 103I/7. Confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Suggested by A.H. Ralfs, BCLS, later Surveyor-General, in association with Wedeene River. According to anthropologist Wilson Duff, wedeene is the Tsimsian word for "big, or great valley". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |