Mount Sir Allan MacNab
| 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: | Just NW of junction of Albreda and North Thompson Rivers, S of Valemount in the Premier Range, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°31'13"N, 119°12'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Named 14 June 1974 on 83D-C. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the Right Honourable Sir Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862), joint Premier of Upper Canada (coalition government with Robert Borden) 1854 to 1856. Was speaker of the House of Assembly and was knighted by Queen Victoria for putting down the Mackenzie rebellion. See www.primeministers.ca Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |