Nestor Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Surprise Creek and Mitchell River, in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park N of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°56'40"N, 115°42'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 March 1960 on 82J, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #12, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after HMS Nestor, a Royal Navy destroyer sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31 May - 1 June 1916. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |