Mount Habel
| 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 N of Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'54"N, 116°34'16"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 Alberta 28 July 1986, by Parks Canada 5 February 1987, and by BC 4 February 1987 on 82 N/10, as proposed December 1984 by Graeme Pole, on staff at Chateau Lake Louise at the time (file M.1.57). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Jean Habel, "....German-born explorer, who in 1897 made the first visit to the...Upper Yoho, producing the first photographic record of the area." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |