Mount Griffin
| 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: | S side of Eagle River below Three Valley Lake, between Revelstoke and Sicamous, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'53"N, 118°33'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 11th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1912, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 669, Shuswap, 1898. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Origin of Griffin Lake and Mount Griffin not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |