| 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: | N of Toby Creek, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°27'52"N, 116°27'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Delphine Mountain" adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, for Geological Survey sheet 165A, Windermere. So-identified in the 18th Report GBC, 1924, and in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to "Mount Delphine" 8 April 1960, to signify that the feature is named after a person. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First ascent: A.A. McCoubrey and Edward Feuz, Jr. 1914. Delphine Mountain [sic] and Delphine Creek chosen, in association with the Delphine Mineral Claim on the creek, first identified in 1898 BC Mines Report, pp.1041 & 1055. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |