Raft Mountain
| 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 |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Raft River just above junction with North Thompson River, E of Clearwater, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°43'39"N, 119°51'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 November 1961 as a long-established local name, in association with Raft River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Probably named about 1871 as Raft River appears on Trutch's map 1871 and the name was locally attached to the mountain. In 1923 the Board rejected a proposal to rename this mountain Martinspire, Martinshorne or some similar name, after the late T.G. Martin. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |