| 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 side of upper Kispiox River, E of Meziadin Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°02'32"N, 128°35'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104A/2 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted 6 March 1954 on 104A. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Named after a Chief at Kuldoc, whose name in turn means "standing alone". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
The site of a U.S. Air Force B-36 bomber crash 13 February 1950, described as the worlds first "Broken Arrow" incident. Wreckage located in 1953; USAF Crash Site Investigation Report 1954. The Convair B-36 bomber held a Mark IV "Fat Man" atomic bomb, but according to the USAF did not contain the plutonium core necessary for detonation. See excerpt from BC Aviator magazine, Vol. 3 No. 2, Oct/Nov 1993, also Environmental Impact Study, photographs of the crash site & wreckage, etc < Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |