Tweedsmuir Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Whitesail Reach, N end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°39'39"N, 126°28'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1938 on Ottawa file OBF 1616. Confirmed 13 March 1947 on 93SW. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named after His Excellency The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedsmuir, GCMG, Governor-General of Canada, and Lady Tweedsmuir, who visited this area in August 1937. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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...John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), Governor-General (1935-40); named as a result of the Tweedsmuir Park Expedition in August 1937. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |