Mount Downton
| 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: | SW of Itcha Lake in Itcha-Ilgachuz Provincial Park, NE of Anahim Lake (community), Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°42'20"N, 124°51'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93C/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1947 on 93/SW, as labelled on plan 36L21, topographic map of upper Chilcotin Valley, 1924, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by D.M. MacKay, BCLS, who conducted topographical surveys in this area, after G.M. Downton, BCLS, of Lillooet District. Additional biographical information received June 1975, file A.1.53. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |