Mount Cartier
| 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: | Just SE of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'46"N, 118°03'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sir Georges Etienne Cartier (1814-1873), Prime Minister of Canada, 1858-62. Born at Antoine, Quebec; attorney general for Lower Canada, 1856; joint Prime Minister with Sir John A. Macdonald. He was a strong advocate for Confederation and expansion in the west. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |