| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Canoe Reach, Kinbasket Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°37'59"N, 119°04'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/11 |
| Related Maps: |
83D/10 83D/11 83D/6 83D/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 19 December 1961 on 83D. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1863 by Viscount Milton and Dr. Cheadle, after the village of Malton, Yorkshire; Milton's father, the 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, and later his uncle, were Members of Parliment for this area in the mid-nineteenth century. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"....From 1837-41 and 1846-47, Milton's father was MP for malton, and from 1852-85, Milton's uncle, Lord Charles William Wentworth - Fitzwilliam, represented this constituency. One of Earl Fitzwilliam's seats, "The Lodge" is situated in Malton." ("Place Names in Vicinity of Yellowhead Pass" by James White, Canadian Alpine Journal, vol VI, 1914-15, pp.143-158) Source: included with note |