Ringrose 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, NE of Lake McArthur in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°20'33"N, 116°17'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 15, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by S.E.S. Allen in 1894, after A.E.L. Ringrose of London, England, "an extensive traveller and of great familiarity with the Rockies." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |