Mount Kitchener
| 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: | NW of junction of Barrington and Chutine Rivers, W of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°47'00"N, 131°57'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 309A, Stikine River Area, as submitted in February 1930 by R. Dickison, Dominion Topographical staff (Ottawa file OBF1274). Location misinterpreted and name re-approved 1 September 1953 (applied to the summit at 57 47 25 - 132 02 55 on 104F). Re-approved in the original location 17 June 1975 on 104G, being the location of the Mount Kitchener triangulation station, 8372 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |