Bingley Mountain
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Bingley PeakOfficial |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary just W of Yellowhead Mountain, E of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°52'54"N, 118°37'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/15 |
| Related Maps: |
83D 83D/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Bingley adopted in 1919, as labelled on 1863-64 map "Western Portion of British North America", published to accompany Milton & Cheadle's "The North-West Passage by Land", 1865. Form of name changed to Bingley Mountain 2 August 1956 on Jasper Park sheet. Form of name changed to Bingley Peak 22 February 1963 on 83D, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 29, published in 1923 from surveys in 1917, and as identified in Alberta Place Names, 1928. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |