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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Just SE of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°57'48"N, 118°05'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82L/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Mount Mackenzie named by Order in Council 14 April 1887.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Named after the Right Honourable Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), Canada's 2nd Prime Minister, 1873-1878. For photographs and biographical information about all of Canada's Prime Ministers, see www.primeministers.ca; link also to "Canada's Prime Ministers" from Office of the Prime Minister homepage www.pm.gc.ca
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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