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: | W side of the Mackenzie Valley, N of junction of Burnt Bridge Creek and Bella Coola River, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°36'59"N, 126°05'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 July 1953 on 93D, in association with Mackenzie Pass and Mackenzie Valley, in turn labelled on c1930 topographic survey plans 19T2 and 4T339 (file B.1.35). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Name applied by B.L. Anderson, Department of National Defence: "a BC triangulation plan designated the triangulation station as "Mackenzie" and it followed that the peak be called Mount Mackenzie." Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |