Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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: SE side of Kiwa Glacier, W of Valemount in the Premier Range, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 52°48'04"N, 119°43'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 83D/13
Other Recorded Names:
Mount Laurier
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 6 September 1927 by Order in Council. Elevation 11,500 feet+ (3500m)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named after the Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), Canada's 8th Prime Minister, 1896-1911.
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Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Mountaineer Allen Carpe is credited with first ascent; he called this "Mount Titan" (Canadian Alpine Journal 1925, p.129; and CAJ 1928, p.180)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office