Mount Waffl
| 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: | E side of Berg Glacier, just NE of Mount Robson at N end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°07'26"N, 119°08'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 October 1965 on 83E. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The feature has been known as Mount Waffl since 1930, when N.D. Waffl, headmaster of a boys' school in Orange, New Jersey, lost his life while climbing Mount Robson." (August 1963 letter on Ottawa file 83E/3) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |