Mount Victoria
| 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.] |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | At head of Queens Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), NE of Powell River (city), Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'52"N, 123°59'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Mount Victoria" adopted 6 May 1924 on BC Lands' map 2D, Powell River, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1865 et seq. Name changed to ḵ’els 21 June 2023 on 92J/4 as requested by shíshálh Nation. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Captain Richards, RN, while surveying these waters in 1860, in association with the adjacent Queens Reach, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |