| Feature Type: | Spires - Tall, slender, sharp-pointed peak; or a mountain. Plural of Spire. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Castle Towers Mountain, just E of Garibaldi Lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'00"N, 122°56'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted as Phyllis' Engine 9 March 1979 on 92 G/15; form of name changed to Phyllis's Engine 6 January 1995. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Submitted by Karl Ricker in 1978 as recommended by Neal M. Carter, BC Mountaineering Club - a well-established name in mountaineering circles (file P.1.61). The arrangement of pinnacles and spires resembles a 19th century steam locomotive. The name, contrary to popular belief, does NOT refer to Phyllis Munday, but to Phyllis Beltz, an early BCMC member and pioneer of park mountaineering. Phylis' Engine [sic] described by Karl Ricker in UBC's Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, 1958, p.30. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |