Mount Swanzy
| 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 Loop Brook, S of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, W of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°12'29"N, 117°31'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
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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, as labelled on early mountaineering maps. (see reproductions that accompany The Selkirk Range, by A.O. Wheeler, 1905, vol 2.) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named 10 August 1895 by Messrs. Abbot, Fay and Thompson, after Reverend H. Swanzy, who had accompanied Rev. W.S. Green on climbs in the area in 1888. ("Mountains of North Kootenay" published in The Kootenay Mail, Revelstoke; 15 February 1901, p.1) Source: included with note |