Centre 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: | W side of Happy Valley in Metchosin (municipality), W of Victoria, Metchosin Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°24'41"N, 123°32'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1934 on Department of National Defense sheet, Victoria, as labelled on 1858 map "Metchosin District Official Map", (plan 35T1 and file S.2.33). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Feature is compiled but not named on Pemberton's 1855 map "Southeastern Districts of Vancouver Island," showing the Hudson Bay Company's first triangulation survey; this feature is about equidistant from HBC triangulation stations established at Mt. Skirt [sic] and Red Flag Mountain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |