Mount Greer
| 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: | NE of junction of Greer Creek and Nechako River, SW of Vanderhoof, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°59'46"N, 124°30'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Greer was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, not "Greer Mountain" as labelled on BC Lands' map 1L, Central BC, 1929. Confirmed 13 March 1947 on 93SW. Named in association with Greer Creek, in turn named on pre-emption map 3B, Nechako, 1912 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Likely named by F.C.Swannell, BCLS; Tom Greer was a member of Swannell's 1909 & 1910 party when they surveyed in this area. (July 2004 advice from Swannell's biographer Jay Sherwood) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |