| 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 Wapta Lake in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°27'52"N, 116°20'01"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 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1917, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 16 (surveyed 1903 & 1906) and as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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G.M. Bosworth, 4th Vice President of Canadian Pacific Railway (c1915 notation on BC name card). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1904 after George Morris Bosworth (1858-1925), CPR freight traffic manager, 1896-1901, later VP in charge of traffic. Retired 1918, succeeded by William Robinson MacInnes. (information provided in 1955 from Jim Shields, manager CPR Archives, Montreal). Source: included with note |