Mount Balfour
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, NW of Kicking Horse Pass, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°33'54"N, 116°27'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 June 1900, as labelled on Captain Palliser's 1863 map "British North America Exploring Expedition, 1857-60". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1859 by Dr. James Hector, after John Hutton Balfour (1804-1884), Scottish botanist and instructor at Edinburgh University, where Hector had studied medicine, botany, geology and natural history. Also Balfour Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |