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.]
Adopted 1 August 1922, as submitted by J.D. Craig, International Boundary Survey, and as labelled on BC map 1H, 1919.
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Is this the feature identied as Mt. Pinta on 1898 Yukon map ?
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Named after Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854- ), Canadian constitutional lawyer and member of Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903; appointed minister of justice, 1906-11.
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