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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Near head of Bonanza River, SE of Port McNeill (municipality), Rupert Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°18'34"N, 126°36'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92L/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 2 May 1933 on Nimpkish sheet 92 L/7, as suggested by H.C. Gunning, Canadian Geological Survey, and submitted on his behalf February 1933 by Dominion Topographic Survey.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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After a prospector in the Tsitika River district (no further details provided) [would this be N.D. Ashwood? see Ashwood Creek]
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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