Mount Bullock
| 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: | N side of Actaeon Sound Drury Inlet, N side Queen Charlotte Strait opposite Port Hardy (municipality), Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°57'41"N, 127°06'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Bullock adopted 2 August 1956 on C.3597 as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq; not "Bullock Mountain" as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Mount Patrick" on Forest Cover map R66 #2 (date not cited); significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Listed in "Burns Naval Biography", 1849. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |