Mount McBride
| 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: | Just NW of Marble Meadows on W side of Buttle Lake, in Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'12"N, 125°39'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 92F/12, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sir Richard McBride, premier of British Columbia when Strathcona Park was established as British Columbia's first provincial park, in 1911. The name may have been suggested by R.H. Thomson, chief engineer for the park. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |