| 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: | W side of Cheakamus Glacier, just E of Garibaldi Lake at W side of Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'22"N, 122°56'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Castle Towers adopted 2 September 1930 on Garibaldi Park Map; form of name changed to Castle Towers Mountain 3 May 1951 on 92G, as long-established in the mountaineering community and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A rock peak with a castellated or dented summit suggesting towers of a castle. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive, given by the BC Mountaineering Club first ascent party, August 1911; it is commonly known as just "Castle Towers". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |