Mount King Albert
| 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 at the N end of Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°42'42"N, 115°24'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary map # 11, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by interprovincial boundary surveyors after King Albert of Belgium. Also Mount Queen Elizabeth nearby. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |