Mount Kimmel
| 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: | Between Canoe River and head of North Thompson River, SW of Valemount, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°38'15"N, 119°25'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kimmel Creek, Kimmel Glacier and Mount Kimmel adopted 19 December 1961 on 83D/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kimmel Creek, Kimmel Glacier and Mount Kimmell were named to remember 3 brothers from Albreda: Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |