Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NE side of Arctomy Valley, W of The Colonel at NE end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
53°05'26"N, 118°53'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
83E/2 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 1 May 1934 on Ottawa file 3037, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 31, 1922.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Topographic Survey of Canada advises "...the origin of the name is obviously that it has three peaks..."
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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