| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary on S side of Morkill Pass, NE of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°39'48"N, 119°44'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 November 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 37. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Mount Forget (not Detail Mountain)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named in 1925 after Hon. Amédée Emmanuel Forget (1847 - 1923), from Banff, Alberta; lieutenant governor of the North West Territory 1898-1905; the first lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, 1905-1910; member of the Senate of Canada from 1911 until his death in 1923. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |