Mount Helen
| 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. of Fairy Lake and Besa River, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°16'29"N, 123°55'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 94G. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Name suggested by H.B.M. Oil Company, after Mrs. McFadden, wife of the Vice-President of Marland Oil Co. She accompanied her husband to this mountain last fall on a hunting trip and is the only white woman to have gone up there. (K.F. McCusker, DLS, 1927). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |