| 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, W of head of Blaeberry River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°45'49"N, 116°47'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 18, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sir Martin Conway, famous mountain climber. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1902 by Collie after Sir William Martin Conway, then-president of the Alpine Club, afterwards Baron Conway of Allington (1856-1937), famous mountain climber, and author of works on art and mountaineering; knight 1895; peer 1931. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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...named by Collie around 1898. (Ottawa file 0374) Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |