Caledonia 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, E of Moose Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°57'04"N, 118°39'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Caledonia Mountain adopted February 1924, not "Mount Caledonia" as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 30, 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named because of itss position overlooking Caledonian Valley (today's Yellowhead Pass), in turn so-named because it was the route traversed by Hudson's Bay Company's traders to New Caledonia (present-day central British Columbia). Simon Fraser had given the name New Caledonia, being an old Latin name for Scotland. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |