Mount Morice
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Mount CoccolaOfficial |
| Relative Location: | N end of Tsaytut Spur, the divide between heads of Driftwood, Squingula and Bear Rivers, NW of head of Takla Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°10'14"N, 126°55'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94D/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Labelled "Mount Morice" on BC map 1H, 1917, and so-identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Mount Coccola adopted in this location 23 April 1940 as had been recommended in 1936 by Frank Swannell, BCLS, to avoid confusion with the other "Morice" features near Houston. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |