Mount Dawson
| 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: | SE of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°09'05"N, 117°25'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 May 1901. Also Dawson Glacier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1888 by Reverend W.S. Green, after geologist George Mercer Dawson (1846-1901), member of the British North America International Boundary Commission, 1873, later director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1895-1901). Dawson's comprehensive and detailed reports and maps about his surveys in British Columbia and the Yukon greatly expanded the available information about the natural landscape. [see Dawson Creek (city) and Dawson Harbour for additional biographical information] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |