Breaker Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary just SE of Howse Pass, NW of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°45'47"N, 116°39'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919, as identified in 1918 BC-Alberta boundary report. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Adopted 2 July 1918... Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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So-named by surveyors because "....snow formations on the mountain resemble breakers." (1918 BC-Alberta boundary report). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |