Mount Dodge
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Telegraph Passage just S of Skeena River mouth, S of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°04'17"N, 130°02'21"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 5 April 1927 on C313 as recommended by Hydrographic Service. 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 by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after G. Blanchard Dodge, first Canadian Hydrographer in charge of the Pacific Coast survey, 1906, and in which surveys Parizeau had been an assistant hydrographer under Dodge. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |