| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, N of head of Valenciennes River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°53'28"N, 117°01'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 13 January 1920, as submitted in December 1919 by Dr. C.D. Walcott, and labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #19, published in 1918 (Ottawa file OBF 0537). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Dr. C.D. Walcott has asked the Board's approval of the name "Division Mountain" - it is a point that stands out in the great Victor Icefield, and is Glacier Lake triangulation station # 63 on interprovincial boundary sheet 19." (16 January 1920 letter from Geographic Board advising BC Geographic Division of the naming decision) [note: the accumulation area refered to as Victor Icefield has since been named Lyell Icefield and Mons Icefield.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |