| 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
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| Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: |
E side of Parnsip Reach Williston Lake, just NE of Mackenzie (municipality), Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
55°25'49"N, 123°02'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
93O/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 June 1974, as labelled on Peace Salvage Association's c1965 plan showing anticipated pondage [later named Williston Lake] behind the Portage Mountain Dam [later named W.A.C.Bennett Dam]; named in association with Morfee Creek.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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