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 Blue Ridge, just NW of Kaslo, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'14"N, 116°56'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 May 1961 on 82F/15 as identified in 1953 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Thomas Buchanan Kilpatrick, DD (1858-1930), Canadian clergyman and author; professor of systematic theology at Manitoba College Winnipeg, 1889, Knox College Toronto, 1905-25, later at Emmanuel College Toronto. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |