Mount Barr
| 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: | S side of Peace Reach Williston Lake, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°00'39"N, 122°49'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94B/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1951 on Geological Survey sheet 1000A, Northeastern BC, as recommended by BC November 1950 (file G.1.50, and W.H. Matthew's 1946 list on file P.1.44). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after David Barr, originally from Ontario; one of the original stakers on nearby Mount Selwyn. Barr held claims from 1898 to at least 1937, and was an associate of Cowper Rochfort's in the discovery of the Carbon Creek coal deposits. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |