Mount Fawcett
| 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-Alaska boundary at head of Katete River, just SW of Stikine (locality), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°33'07"N, 131°28'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 April 1927, as labelled on International Boundary Maps (file B.1.27). Boundary Peak # 53. Elevation of 6213 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by J.D. Craig, International Boundary Commissioner, after the late Thomas Fawcett, DTS; surveyor in the early days of the Canadian Northwest, many years in the Dept. of the Interior, Gold Commission in Yukon Territory 1897-99, and engineer with the Canadian contingent on International Boundary Commission surveys, 1911-20. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |