Foremast Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of Moby Dick Mountain, between head of Westfall River and Duncan River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°58'39"N, 117°19'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 October 1973 on 82K/14, as submitted August 1972 by W.L. Putnam, Harvard Mountaineering Club, to Geographic Board. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Foremast is descriptive, and follows the nautical naming theme for individual peaks on Schooner Ridge. Source: 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1917, Ottawa) |