Mount Myra
| 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: | SW side of Buttle Lake, in Strathcona Provincial Park, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°32'39"N, 125°36'23"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 4 March 1947 on 92F/12, as labelled on Strathcona Park map. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Mike King, who had explored Buttle Lake by canoe prior to 1900, after Myra Cliffe, then-6 year old daughter of Comox pioneer Samuel Cliffe. [note proximity of Myra Creek and Myra Falls, tributary to Buttle Lake, named in 1910 by Price Ellison after his daughter Myra.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |