Mount Mackenzie
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: Just SE of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°57'48"N, 118°05'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 82L/16
Origin Notes and History:

Mount Mackenzie named by Order in Council 14 April 1887.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named after the Right Honourable Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), Canada's 2nd Prime Minister, 1873-1878.
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Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office