Mount Gilbert
| 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: | S of junction of Bishop and Southgate Rivers, SW of Tŝilhqox Biny (lake), Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°51'42"N, 124°16'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 92/NW. Previously approved November 18, 1935 in file 0732 on BC Map 2D. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named after Sir Humphrey Gilbert, British navigator, step-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. See "Encyclopedia Canadiana" vol 4, p. 365. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |