Mount Dilworth
| 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: | Just E of Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°54'08"N, 119°26'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 June 1922, as labelled on R.D. McCaw's 1915 map. Re-approved 6 Octoer 1936 on Ottawa file OBF 1525. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the late Alderman Dilworth of Victoria, who for many years resided in the Kelowna area and held property in the vicinity of the mountain. See Dilworth Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |