| 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: | In The Royal Group, in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'40"N, 115°24'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 10, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Prince Edward (1894 - 1972), the Prince of Wales, first son of King George V. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the death of his father in January 1936, Prince Edward ascended to the throne as King Edward VIII; he abdicated the throne in December 1936 to pursue his relationship with the twice-divorced Mrs. Wallace Warfield Simpson. In 1937, Edward was created Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson in a ceremony in France. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |