Mount Bulyea
| 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 N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°42'59"N, 116°55'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted by Geographic Board of Canada in 1919 [specific date not cited], as identified on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 18. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Incorrectly identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer as "Bulyea Mountain". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1917 by boundary surveyors, after George Hedley Vicars Bulyea (1859-1928), first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 1905-15. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |