| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of headwaters of Amiskwi River, N of Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'22"N, 116°36'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1909 as labelled on A.O. Wheeler's 1908 map. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The crest of the mountain resembles a beautiful female face turned upwards, and owing to the wild surroundings, suggested the name of the heroine Ayesha in Rider Haggard's 1905 novel, 'She'." (James White, Place Names in the Rocky Mountains, Transactions Royal Society of Canada, Sec III, Vol 10, March 1917 p.508). Note however that the feature is labelled "Aysha Peak" on Dept of Interior map of Wapta Icefield, 1903-4, published in Canadian Alpine Journal Vol 1, No 1, 1907, opp. p 152, ie. the name predates Haggard's novel. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |