| 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: | SE of Blackhorn Mountain at the head of Razor Creek, SW of Tatalyoko Lake (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°33'11"N, 124°45'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 September 1991 on 92N/10, as proposed by Don Serl, Alpine Club of Canada (file T.2.65). Name applied above 8500' contour. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is a prominent landmark and an increasingly popular mountaineering destination; no local name according to area residents and the local helicopter charter company. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This name was suggested by residents after Bernard (Bern) Mullen (1907-1981), pioneer homesteader in the Mosley valley. His trapline ran along Razor Creek, and he was one of the group that discovered and staked the famous Blackhorn Mine at the head of the valley in the early 1930's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"For fifty years, Annie Nicholson and Bern Mullen hacked out a living in the West Branch Valley south of Tatka Lake..." (biography written by Alexis King and Luke King, published in "Hoofprints in History: Tales of Chilcotin Past" vol 8, 1998, pp.33-37; a compendium of local histories edited by Sage Birchwater and published by Tatla Lake School.) (copy on file T.2.65.) Source: included with note |