Eastpost Spire
| Feature Type: | Spire - Tall, slender, sharp-pointed peak; or a mountain. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Crescent Glacier at S end of Bugaboo Provincial Park, NW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'41"N, 116°45'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Eastpost Spire adopted 29 October 1962 on 82K/10, as identified in "A Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia" by Dr. J. M. Thorington, 1947, p.96. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mr. Carlton P. Fuller, in his article "Fortieth Aniversary Camp" states: '...Eastpost Spire, as its name implies, is the most easterly of the peaks bounding a small cirque aboe and to the north of Boulder camp.' (Canadian Alpine Journal vol XXX, 1947, p.154.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |