Mount Laing
| 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: | W of N end of Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°49'26"N, 125°42'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on 92F/13, as submitted by Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A new name, after Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982) who lived in Comox 1926-82; a naturalist who conducted field work here for many years, chiefly in mammalogy and ornithology for the National Museum of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |