Mount Duke
| 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: | Head of Twin One Creek, E side of Lillooet Lake SE of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°19'06"N, 122°22'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 April 1966 on 92J, as submitted by Rev. Damasus Payne, OSB (file P.1.51) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the Archbishop William Mark Duke, born in 1879 at St. John, New Brunswick, and in British Columbia since 1928; this mountain is in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |