Mount Teare
| 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 SE of McBride Peak, E side of Fraser River opposite McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°19'44"N, 120°04'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Teare Mountain adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916. Form of name changed to Mount Teare in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Mount Teare confirmed 12 March 1965 on 93H. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Presumed to be named after a person, as there is record of a man by this name in BC in the years before WW I. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |