| 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-Alberta boundary S of Thompson Pass, NE of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°00'59"N, 117°14'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83C/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1919, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #20, 1918; so-identified in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After the late Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, GCVO, GCMG, British Ambassador to US; died 14 February 1918. Note: Mount Bryce [commemorating an earlier ambassador] rises on the opposite side of the valley." (17th Report, GBC) Source: included with note |
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Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (1859-1918); British ambassador to Persia, 1906-1908; British ambassador to Sweden 1908-1913; British ambassador to USA 1913-1918. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |