Beartooth 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: | E side of Powell Lake, N of Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°06'18"N, 124°17'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Beartooth Mountain adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as recommended by BC Geographic Division; not "Bear Tooth Mountain" as had been spelled in the 1930 BC Gazetteer and on BC map 2D, 1942. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Creek and Mountain named by Buck Bradburn, long deceased, who lived at the mouth of Siwash Creek, across Powell Lake; it is not clear if Bradburn named the creek or the mountain first. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |