Mount Welker
| 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-Alaska boundary, between Salmon and Bear Rivers just NW of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°00'29"N, 130°00'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Elevation 5,185 feet. Boundary Peak 8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After Captain Philip A. Welker, retired, who bore a distinguished part in the survey of Alaska and its boundary. Source: 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1924, Ottawa) |