Mount Wardle
| 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 of Hector Gorge in Kootenay National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°57'32"N, 116°01'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1924 on Kootenay Park Sheet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Mr. Bridgland, dominion survey staff, after James Morey Wardle (1888 - ), engineer and then-director of special projects, Dominion Parks, Ottawa. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Mr. Norrish who ascended this peak reports that near the summit there is a hole about 25 ft square and 1000 ft deep." (letter 6 June 1924, file K.2.24) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |