Mount Dennis
| 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: | S side of Kicking Horse River, S of Field (community) in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°22'27"N, 116°28'49"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 in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Also Dennis Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1887 after the late Colonel John Stoughton Dennis (1821-1885), surveyor-general of Dominion Lands, 1871, and deputy minister of the Interior, 1878-81; CMG, 1882. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |