| Feature Type: | Spires - Tall, slender, sharp-pointed peak; or a mountain. Plural of Spire. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Other Names: |
The BookwormsOfficial
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| Relative Location: |
SE side of Sphinx Glacier, E of Garibaldi Lake on W side of Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
49°54'29"N, 122°56'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
92G/15 |
Origin Notes and History:
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The Bookworm (mountain) adopted 2 September 1930, as labelled on A.J. Campbell's 1928 Garibaldi Park map (file G.1.30). Form of name changed to The Bookworms (mountain) 18 July 1979 on 92 G/15, to conform to entrenched local usage; further change of The Bookworms (spires) 6 January 1995 on 92 G/15.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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