Mount Umbach
| 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: | Head of Stikine River, SE end of Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°13'08"N, 128°17'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104/SE, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Re-approved 6 September 1951 on 104H/1, and 4 September 1952 on 104H. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably refers to J.E. Umbach, British Columbia Surveyor-General, 1917-1930. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |