Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
SE of Okanagan Mission, S of Kelowna, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°41'55"N, 119°19'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82E/11 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, Kettle River, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and BC map 4K, 1923, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. A long-established local name, presumably in comparison with Big White Mountain, 18 miles distant.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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