Mount Dent
| 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, S of head of Valenciennes River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°45'19"N, 116°58'09"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 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. So-labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 18, published in 1923 from surveys in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"From resemblance to a tooth." (15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Charles Thomas Dent, past president of the Alpine Club, England. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |