| 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: | N side of McGillivray Pass, SE of Bralorne, N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°41'55"N, 122°35'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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McGillivray Mountain adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada 30 June 1911; not "McGillvray..." as spelled on earlier maps). Also McGillivray Creek and Pass. Form of name changed to Mount McGillivray 17 January 1957 on 92J. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after a miner (1911 advice from Caspar Phair, who served as Gold Commissioner for Lillooet District, 1902). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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McGillivray & McDonald, placer miners. Or is the namesake James McGilvery [sic] early trail builder ? Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |