Waputik Mountains
| Feature Type: | Mountains - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. Plural of Mountain. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, extending N from Kicking Horse Pass in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°34'59"N, 116°38'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
| Related Maps: |
82N/10 82N/15 82N/8 82N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Waputik Mountains adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, not "Waputtehk Mountains" as labelled on the 1859 map of the Palliser Expedition. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name applies to the entire area between the Amiskwi, Blaeberry & Howse Rivers on the west, the Bow & Mistoya Rivers on the east, and Kicking Horse Pass at the south. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1884 by George Dawson. "waputik" is the Stoney Indian word for white goat. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |