Mount Sproatt
| 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: | W side of Alta Lake in Whistler (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°07'27"N, 123°01'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1957 on 92J, as labelled on 1928 topographic map of Garibaldi Park by A.J. Campbell, BCLS (plan 8T264, file G.1.30), and as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XX, 1931, p.61. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/significance not recorded. Note that 1917 BC Mines Report identifies 13 mineral claims on "Sproat Mountain [sic], Vancouver Mining District" (1917 BC Mines Report, p.296). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |