Mount Cote
| 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: | On BC-Alaska boundary, just SE of Stikine River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°35'59"N, 131°50'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 311A, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917. Elevation of 4340 feet. Boundary Peak 62. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Probably named prior to the 1903 boundary award, in honour of Jean Leon Côté (1867-1924), Departmental Land Surveyor who worked on preliminary boundary surveys in the 1890's; later Alberta MLA and member of the Senate of Canada, 1924. Also commemorated by Mount Côté on BC-Alberta boundary, map 93H/16. [note that this mountain name was adopted without diacritics.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |