Feature Type: | Mountains - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. Plural of Mountain. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Between Bull Mountain and Hungary Peak just E of Norbury Lakes, E of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°33'53"N, 115°25'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82G/11 |
Origin Notes and History:
The Steeples Mountains adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Form of name changed to The Steeples 12 December 1939 on 82SE; confirmed 6 April 1950 on Ottawa file OBF 2777.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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9 or 10 peaks between Bull Mountain and Hungry Peak.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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