| 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: | E of Eureka Mountain and Needles Glacier at N end of Garibaldi Provincial Park, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°09'15"N, 122°41'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Neal adopted 4 October 1932, as recommended by Garibaldi Park Board; not "Mount Carter" as originally submitted. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1929 by A.J. Campbell, BCLS, after Dr. Neal Marshall Carter, FRGS, in recognition of Carter's excellent mapping of the area as a mountaineer. Carter was born at Vancouver in 1902, attended UBC and was graduated from McGill University in 1929; associate chemist and oceanographer, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, 1930-33; director, Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station at Prince Rupert, 1933-42; at Vancouver, 1942 onwards. Carter was a prominent member of the BC Mountaineering Club, and is credited with many first ascents in Garibaldi Park in 1922-23, and mapping a large section of the Park in the early days. Obituary in Canadian Alpine Journal Vol LXI, 1978, p.60. Also Carter Glacier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |