Bowsprit Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Tauton Lake near head of Stikine River in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°19'29"N, 128°06'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 September 1952 Decision on 104H, as labelled on Plan of Groundhog Coal Country, by T. Rognaas, 1915, and on BC map 1H, 1917 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/significance not recorded [a bowsprit is a large spar projecting forward from the stem of a ship.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |