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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Just E of Sunshine Valley (community), SE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°17'22"N, 121°09'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92H/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, and labelled on 1931 map "Sumallo and Upper Tulameen Valleys," by R.D. McCaw, BCLS.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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"Beaver Mountain" identified on BC name card as old name for Mount Outram (map/document title or date not cited)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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