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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NW of Cecilia Lake, near BC-Alberta boundary N of McBride, Peace River Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
53°57'44"N, 120°03'52"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
93H/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 5 January 1926 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 39.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Named in 1923 by boundary surveyors, referring to its' position overlooking the head of the "broad, open Kakwa valley" (BC-Alberta boundary report, part III, p.66)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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