Turret 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: | Between heads of Geikie and Tonquin Creeks at S end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°42'42"N, 118°22'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on Jasper Park North. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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So-labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 28, 1921; a continuation of the interprovincial boundary surveyors 'fortification' theme. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |