Mount Goodsir
| 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: | E side of Ice River at the SE end of Yoho National Park, E of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°12'23"N, 116°24'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1904 on Ottawa file 0133, as recommended by the Surveyor-General, and as labelled on Palliser's map of 1863. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1858 by James Hector, after John Goodsir (1814-1867), professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University, or after his brother, H.D.S. Goodsir, assistant surgeon on the last Franklin Expedition. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |