Mount Penrose
| 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: | W side of Gun Lake, just NW of Bralorne N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°52'12"N, 122°57'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Penrose adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after a hunter from Philadelphia who climbed it. (Ottawa file OBF 0024, transferred to NTS 92). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |