Mount Barnard
| 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 head of Waitabit Creek, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°42'32"N, 116°55'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1919 by the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 18, surveyed in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1917 by boundary surveyors, after Sir Frank S. Barnard, KCMG, then-Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia; son of the founder of the B.X. Company. See also Barnard Harbour. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |