Mount Burgess
| 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 Kicking Horse River in Yoho National Park, NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°25'12"N, 116°30'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on Rocky Mountains - Lake Louise sheet, 1902. Also Burgess Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1886 by Otto J. Klotz, Dominion topographical surveyor, after Alexander M. Burgess, Deputy Minister of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, 1883-97. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mount Burgess is shown on the back of the Canadian $10 bill. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |