| 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 side Purcell Wilderness Conservancy, SW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°13'22"N, 116°33'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Toby adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, but incorrectly described as "...east of Toby Creek at Earl Grey Pass". Identified in this position during 1962 compilation for 82K/7, but corrected before publication; Mount Toby is positioned 3 miles SOUTH of Earl Grey Pass at 50 13 20 - 116 33 10 on 82K/2, as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XVII, 1928 p.16, as identified in Thorington's "Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of BC", 1937 p.107, and as labelled on BC map 4F, 1947. Application confirmed 25 February 1963 on 82K/2 (file H.1.54). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Dr. Toby, physician and prospector, who came with a party of prospectors from Colville, Washington in 1864, to look for gold. See also Toby Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled "Mt. Gleason" by Harnden, Ellis & Emerson in 1911, after their friend Herbert Gleason, well-known mountain photographer. So-identified in Harnden's description of the southern Selkirk Mountains, CAJ vol IV, 1912, p.98 & 104. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |