Mount Hurd
| 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 side of junction of Ottertail and Kicking Horse Rivers in Yoho National Park, E of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°17'05"N, 116°32'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Major Hurd, who explored the Rocky Mountain passes, and the Kananaskis and other rivers for CPR in the 1880s. In 1871 Hurd was put in charge of a camp at Lytton by John Trutch, Surveyor-General, with instructions to '...survey up the left bank of the Thompson River towards Eagle Pass...' Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |