| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, N of head of Wood Arm Kinbasket Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°22'48"N, 118°13'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/8 |
| Related Maps: |
83D 83D/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 April 1921 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 27 (Ottawa file OBF 2239). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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BC-Alberta boundary summit 8849 ft. The highest peak, 9156 ft, is inside British Columbia (Boundary Commission Report, Part II, p.95). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1827 by botanist David Douglas, after British botanist Robert Brown (1775-1858). See also "Legend of Mount Brown Opened up the Rockies" by Glenn Randall, Canadian Geographic magazine, June-July 1982. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Robert Brown...the first keeper of the botanical department in the British Museum. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |