Endeavour Mountain
| 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 |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of head of Scud Glacier, S of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°25'23"N, 131°30'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/6 |
| Related Maps: |
104G/5 104G/6 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Endeavour adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 310A, Stikine River Area, as an established local name used by navigators and prospectors along the Stikine river. Origin/significance not recorded. Form of name changed to Endeavour Mountain 6 May 1954. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Might have been spelled "Endeavor Mountain" on early map of Stikine-Iskut Area (date/title not cited). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |