| 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, just NW of Berg Lake at N end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°10'36"N, 119°15'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 December 1923 on BC-Alberta boundary map 32. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Resolution Mountain" on early maps. [presumably the 1914 map drawn by Phillips.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by boundary surveyors, after Donald "Curly" Phillips (1884-1937), renowned guide and outfitter, who lived at Jasper. His obituary is published in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol XXV, 1937, p.134. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In August 1914, Miss Mary Jobe and her guide Don "Curly" Phillips explored this portion of the Continental Divide. The so-called Jobe-Phillips map and Jobe's account of their explorations was published in the American Geographical Society Journal, vol XLVII, No 7, 1915 - the only detailed map & description of the area until boundary surveyors visited the area in 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |