Mount Lyall
| 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 just NE of Elkford, NE of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'21"N, 114°42'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Lyall was adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #6, 1916. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after Dr. Lyall, R.N., Surgeon and Naturalist, Boundary Commission, Pacific to the Rockies, 1858-62. Source: Place Names of Alberta; published for the Geographic Board by Department of Interior, Ottawa, 1928. |
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"Mount Lyall (not The Cone)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |