Mount Geikie
| 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: | SE of Yellowhead Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°42'49"N, 118°23'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on A.O. Wheeler's topographic map of Mount Robson area, 1911. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1898 by J.E. McEvoy, Geological Survey of Canada, after Sir Archibald Geikie, director-general of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1882-1901. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |