Klowa Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NW of junction of Fraser River and Kwoiek Creek, S of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°09'51"N, 121°41'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Klowa Mountain adopted 17 January 1958 on 92I/SW, not Kl-ow-a Mtn as spelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, Kamloops, 1895. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A B.C. Indian word meaning "green". Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |