Mount Dickey
| 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: | W side of Mount Revelstoke National Park, just N of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°06'57"N, 118°05'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Eight Mile Mountain adopted 12 December 1939 on BC map 5D. Named changed to Mount Dickey 2 December 1954 on 82NW, as submitted by Revelstoke Board of Trade (file B.2.41). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Re-named after Mr. Earle Dickey, a native son of Revelstoke and life-long resident. For many years was a very active chairman of the Tourist & Publicity Committee of the Board of Trade; he prepared all publicity folders and took many pictures which were distributed far & wide. He died in the summer of 1954. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |