Mount Aylesworth
| 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-Alaska boundary just SE of Mount Jetté, at extreme NW corner of BC, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°55'26"N, 138°47'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 114O/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 August 1922, as submitted by J.D. Craig, International Boundary Survey, and as labelled on BC map 1H, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Is this the feature identied as Mt. Pinta on 1898 Yukon map ? Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854- ), Canadian constitutional lawyer and member of Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903; appointed minister of justice, 1906-11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |