Mount Ogden
| 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: | N side of junction of Kicking Horse and Yoho Rivers at N end of Yoho National Park, NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°27'42"N, 116°24'33"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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Ogden Mountain adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Form of name changed to Mount Ogden in the 10th Report GBC, 30 June 1911. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After J.G. Ogden, vice president, Canadian Pacific Railway." (15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917); "Named in 1904..." (18th Report GBC, 31 March 1924). Source: included with note |