The Spearhead
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just N of Blackcomb Peak in Whistler (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'10"N, 122°51'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 August 1965 on 92J. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive: one of several peaks in the Spearhead Range, but this one particularly resembles a spearhead when viewed from nearly all directions. (December 1964 letter from Karl Ricker, file P.1.65) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |