| 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, N of head of Yoho River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°36'39"N, 116°29'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Olive adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #16, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named in 1897 by Professor Harold Dixon because of the colour of its' rock." (Canadian Alpine Journal Vol XVI, 1926, p.251) Source: included with note |
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"Named in 1899 by H.B. Dixon of the English Alpine Club, for his wife." (Alberta Place Names, 1928). [Note: the form "Mount Olive" adopted by the Geographic Board tends to confirm this version; as a rule, if a mountain is named after a person, the generic "Mount" would preceed the specific; if the feature is named because of its colour or an inanimate object, the form "Olive Mountain" would have been adopted.] Source: included with note |