Mount Bell
| 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: | SE of Remote Mountain, W of Mount Waddington, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°24'51"N, 125°25'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1928 on Ottawa file OBF 1018. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named February 1928 by Don Munday, and so-labelled on his map (file M.1.27), after Colonel F.C. Bell, CMG, MD, President of the Alpine Club of Canada at the time. First ascent credited to B. Robinson, K.Austin, R. Bedayan, H. Voge, 26 July 1936 (Canadian Alpine Journal 1936,p.120) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |