Chilliwack 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:
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: S side Fraser River just below (W of) Chilliwack Creek, New Westminster Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 49°09'18''N, 122°01'03''W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: NAD83
NTS Map: 92G/1

Origin Notes and History:

Chilliwack Mountain adopted 12 December 1939 on 92G/1, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914; not "Chilliwak Mountain" as spelled on Dominion Sectional sheet 10, Port Moody, 1913, nor "Solitary Mountain" as labelled on British Admiralty chart 1922, 1860 et seq. See Chilliwack River & District of Chilliwack for origin information.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office