Mount Bute
| 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: | Just NE of head of Bute Inlet, NE of Southgate Peak, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°56'05"N, 124°42'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bute Mountain adopted 3 April 1928 (file M.1.27). "Bute Mountain (not Castle Mountain)" confirmed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Mount Bute 6 December 1963 on C.3524 (file D.2.44). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled Castle Mountain on Don Munday's 1928 map of the Coast Mountains (file M.1.27). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |