Mount Campbell
| 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: | N end Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°30'18"N, 119°32'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1955 on 82E/NW. New name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After James Campbell, who owned a pre-emption on Penticton Creek slope. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Local name, used by Department of Transport radio station here (1952 survey by Geographic Division.) Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |