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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Between Hellroaring Creek and Cushing Creek, N of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
53°38'19"N, 120°26'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
93H/9 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 12 March 1965 on 93H, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916, and as listed in the 1953 BC Gazetteer.
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; apparently also labelled on a 1915 map drawn by mountaineer Mary L. Jobe.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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