Monarch 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: | SW end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, SE of Bella Coola, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°53'57"N, 125°52'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as identified in Tatla-Bella Coola Area Summary Report 1925, pt.A, and as identified in American Alpine Journals 1933, 1934, and in Canadian Alpine Journals 1934,1936,1942-43. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by Don Munday and labelled on his sketch of the area? This is the highest summit in this section of the Coast Mountains beyond the Waddington Group, and establishes the "Royalty" theme for naming features in this area. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |