Mount Field
| 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: | N side Kicking Horse River, NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°25'50"N, 116°27'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1904 in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by CPR railway officials in 1884 after Cyrus West Field (1819-92), an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable, 1858, a second in 1866; Mr. Field was visiting the Canadian Rockies the year that CPR named the station and nearby mountain after him. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |