Ball Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, S of head of Vermilion River in Kootenay National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°08'59"N, 116°01'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/1 |
| Related Maps: |
82N/1 82O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Ball Range adopted 3 April 1952 on 82N/SE, as recommended by geologist Dr. Bostock and as identified in his report of the Canadian Cordillera; not "Ball Mountain Group" as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 14, 1913 (file Y.1.50). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in association with Mount Ball and Ball Pass, in turn named in 1858 by Dr. James Hector or the Palliser Expedition, after John Ball (1818-1889), who had served as under secretary of state for the colonies, 1855-57. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |