| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Elk River, W side Strathcona Provincial Park NE of Donner Lake, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°44'58"N, 125°52'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/12 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Colonel Foster adopted 4 March 1947on 92F/12, not Mount Foster as labelled on Strathcona Park Survey map 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1914 by an Alpine Club of Canada climbing party, after Colonel William Washborough Foster ( - 1953), later Major-General Foster, CMG, DSO, longtime member of the Alpine Club of Canada. In his capacity as Minister of Public Works, Colonel Foster had been instrumental in securing financing for the 1914 ACC expedition to the recently established Strathcona Park. His description of the early development of Strathcona Park was published in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol V, 1913, pp 96-99; participation in Mount Logan Expedition in CAJ 1924, pp27-47; obituary in CAJ 1955, p52. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |