Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NE of junction of Murtle and Clearwater Rivers at SW end of Wells Gray Provincial Park, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
52°00'52"N, 120°00'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
93A/1 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 20 November 1970 on 93 A/1, as labelled on 1940 BC Forest Service maps and park pamphlet by C.P. Lyons.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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Name in use since c1911 according to 1970 advice from Park Superintendant; origin/significance not known.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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