Alnus Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, NW of Fortress Lake in Hamber Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°29'14"N, 118°00'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/8 |
| Related Maps: |
83D 83D/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March (?) 1922 by Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary Sheet #26, 1920. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name suggested by boundary surveyors in 1920, being the latin word for alder, thick groves of which abound on the mountain sides. Also glaciers and creek. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |