Truda Peaks
| Feature Type: | Peaks - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. Plural of Peak (2). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Mount Rogers, N of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°21'19"N, 117°31'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by A.O. Wheeler, DLS, "....in recognition of the first lady to ascend Mt. Rogers and Swiss Peak - Miss Gertrude E. Benham, of London, England." (The Selkirk Range, by Arthur O. Wheeler, Department of Interior, 1905, p.73). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |