Eon 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: | BC-Alberta boundary, just S of Mount Assiniboine, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°50'05"N, 115°37'27"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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Adopted as Mount Eon in Alberta, 1928, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4G, 1914, and on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 12, 1917; form of name changed to Eon Mountain 3 October 1957 on Dominion Sectional sheet 114, Calgary. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/originator not recorded; probably refering to the ages that elapsed during the slow elevation of the mountain; name associated with nearby Aye Mountain, meaning "always" or "ever". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |