| 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: | W side of junction of Connaught Creek and Beaver River, just NE of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°20'08"N, 117°29'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Tupper named by Privy Council Order in Council 4 April 1887. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Formerly known as Hermit Mtn from the shape of the rocks near the summit, which resemble a hermit with a dog lying at his feet. Name was changed to Mount Tupper by (federal) Order in Council, after Sir Charles Tupper, minister of Railways & Canals in Macdonald's cabinet during location & construction of the CPR line through the Selkirk Mountains; named in juxtaposition with nearby Mount Macdonald and Rogers Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This geographical name recognizes the Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper (1821-1915), Canada's 7th Prime Minister who served for several weeks in the spring of 1896, between the Mackenzie Bowell and Wilfrid Laurier administrations. [for photographs and biographical information about all of Canada's Prime Ministers, see www.primeministers.ca; link also to "Canada's Prime Ministers" from Office of the Prime Minister www.pm.gc.ca ] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |