Pemberton Hill
| Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Niskonlith Lake and South Thompson River, NE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'15"N, 119°54'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW as a well-established local name (file S.3.27) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Arthur G. Pemberton, a local sawmill operator in the early 1900's; the CPR spur on the opposite side of the South Thompson River was originally called Pemberton Spur, until the Pritchard Post Office was opened here in 1911. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |