Mount Buchanan
| 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 end of Kakwa Provincial Park, N of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°53'15"N, 120°07'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 February 1926 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #38. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Fossil Mountain identified on BC name card as old or other name for Mount Buchanan (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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Named in 1923 by Reverend George D. Kilpatrick of Ottawa, while climbing in this area, after his father the Reverend T. Buchanan Kilpatrick, DD, of Knox College, Toronto. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |