Elizabeth 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: | W side of Kennedy Island, in front of Skeena River mouth S of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°01'46"N, 130°11'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 October 1946 on C3735, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #2430, 1872 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103 J/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1866 in association with Kennedy Island; after Elizabeth Henrietta, eldest daughter of His Excellency Arthur E. Kennedy, governor of Vancouver Island, 1864-66. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |