Mount Dewdney
| 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: | Head of Sowaqua Creek, N of junction of Sumallo and Skagit Rivers E of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'36"N, 121°03'34"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; not "Hopeless Mtn" as labelled on Dominion sectional sheet 11, Yale, 1912 & 1921. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
After the Hon. Edgar Dewdney (1835-1916), former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. See Dewdney Trail for additional biographical information. See also Victoria Colonist, Islander section, 5-6 June 1983. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |