| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, N of Crowsnest Pass, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°44'35"N, 114°38'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1917 as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 5, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Alberta records indicate that the name was adopted 22 July 1915, as submitted by M. Bridgland, DLS, in association with nearby Allison Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Douglas Allison, early settler on nearby Allison Creek (Alberta side), and former constable with RNWMP. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This feature is known to residents of the Allison Creek valley as "The Needle's Eye". The peak is not visible from travelled routes in BC and has not acquired a colloquial name here. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |