Mount Loomis
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, E of head of Elk River, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°27'44"N, 114°55'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918 by the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #7, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after Major-General Sir Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, CMG, DSO, KCB (1870-1937), Montreal manufacturer and contractor; commander of the Western Canadian Infantry Brigade in the World war. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |