Alpha 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: | SW side of junction of Flood and Stikine Rivers, SW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°09'02"N, 131°51'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/4 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Alpha adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 310A, Stikine River, as submitted February 1930 by R. Dickison (Ottawa file OBF 1274). Form of name changed to Alpha Mountain 6 May 1954 on 104G. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |