Mount Adam
| 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: | Near headwaters of Adam River in Schoen Lake Provincial Park, NW of Campbell River (city), Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°07'13"N, 126°13'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adams Mountain incorrectly adopted in Geographic Board of Canada minutes 9 January 1934. Form of name corrected to Mount Adam 11 September 1934 on 92L/1, as labelled on A.J. Campbell's c1932 survey map of the area, and as submitted to Geographic Board of Canada by BC Geographic Division in October 1933; named in association with nearby Adam River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |