Casemate 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: Head of Geikie Creek at S end Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 52°40'41"N, 118°20'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 83D/9
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (north) map, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 28, 1921.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Many of the names assigned by BC-Alberta Boundary surveyors in this area follow a 'fortification' theme, eg: Turret, Bastion, Portcullis....

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Casemate: A fortified position or chamber, or an armored enclosure on a warship from which guns are fired through embrasures."

Source: Merriam-Webster OnLine (www.m-w.com), or Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd edition, unabridged, 1951