Mount Tabor
| 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 of Tabor Lake, E of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°54'48"N, 122°27'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Tabor adopted 29 May 1981, not "Tabor Mountain" as identified in Forest Service records in 1940. Tabor is the name of the triangulation station established here, in turn named in association with Tabor Lake. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |