| Feature Type: | Ridge (2) - Elongated stretch of elevated ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Extends SE from Coquihalla River between Sowaqua and Nicolum Creeks, SE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°19'39"N, 121°10'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92H, applying to the entire upland area bounded by Coquihalla River, Nicolum Creek, lower channel of Sumallo River, Snass Creek and Sowaqua Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name "Manson Mtn" originally applied to the single feature at 49° 19'' 43" x 121° 12' 47" as labelled on Geological Survey of Canada publication #1897, Coquihalla River Area, 1923 (subsequently adopted as Macleod Peak). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Probably after one of the Hudson Bay Company officers accompanying Mr. A.C. Anderson with the 1848 brigade via Fraser Canyon. (Princeton Degree Sheet February 15, 1939, File 92H, Volume 1)." Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |