Mount Duncan
| 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: | Head of Duncan River, East of Battle Brook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°02'25"N, 117°18'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/3 |
| Related Maps: |
82N/12 82N/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 July 1904 on Ottawa file 0154. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.W. Topham, Alpine Club of England, and Messrs. Huber and Sultzer, Swiss Alpine Club, and Forster (The Alpine Journal, vol 15, 1891, p.421). Identified as Mount Duncan in A.O. Wheeler's book "The Selkirk Range," 1905, and accompanying maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |