Mount Ennis
| 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: | Head of Ice River, S of Ottertail River in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°15'28"N, 116°30'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named in 1904 by Edward Whymper, after John Ennis, Scottish-born general manager of the Allan Steamship Line, Liverpool, 1867-1905. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Incorrectly labelled "Hanbury Peak" on Geological Survey map 142A, Field, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |