Mount Scuitto
| 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 |
| Other Names: | Scuittoe Mountain |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Campbell Lake, SE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'52"N, 120°06'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Scuittoe Mountain adopted 4 June 1926 on BC Lands's map 4M, Nicola Lake. Spelling corrected and form of name changed to Mount Scuitto 1 May 1928 on 92I/NE. Incorrectly identified as Scuitto Mountain in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Mount Scuitto confirmed 4 June 1959 on 92I/9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in assoction with Scuitto Lake, in turn after an early settler. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |