| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of Geikie Creek in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°40'22"N, 118°23'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (north) map, as labelled on BC-Alberta booundary sheet 28, 1921. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Many of the names assigned by BC-Alberta Boundary surveyors in this area follow a 'fortification' theme, eg: Turret, Bastion, Portcullis.... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Portcullis: from Anglo-French porte coliz, literally, sliding door; a grating of iron hung over the gateway of a fortified place and lowered between grooves to prevent passage. Source: Merriam-Webster OnLine (www.m-w.com), or Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd edition, unabridged, 1951 |