Mount Haig
| 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 just NW of Middle Kootenay Pass, SE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'20"N, 114°26'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in Alberta and British Columbia in the 18th Report of the Georaphic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #2, published in 1917 from 1915 surveys. Confirmed 6 April 1950 in British Columbia (Ottawa file 2777). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, RA, astronomer to the British Boundary Commission, Pacific to the Rockies, 1858-62. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |