| 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: | BC-Alberta boundary, just S of Mount Assiniboine, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°50'40"N, 115°38'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Aye adopted in 1917, as labelled on BC map 4G, 1914, and on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 12; form of name changed to Aye Mountain 22 January 1971 on 82 J/NW and 82 K/NE, in keeping with nearby Eon Mountain (letter November 1960, file P.3.51). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Aye" akin to always, ever, at any time; name associated with nearby Eon Mountain. Originator not known. First ascent credited to Henry S. Crosby/Rudolph Aerumer, 5 August 1934 (Canadian Alpine Journal , 1934-35, p.98) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"J.B. Aye of Summerland, who formerly lived in east Kootenay, is now about 77 years of age. He was a packer during the Flathead Forest survey of 1930, and the family may have provided assistance to the survey of BC map 4G, Windermere, c1914, or to the BC-Alberta Boundary Commission." (information from G.S. Andrews, former BC Surveyor-General, 21 December 1981) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |