Ursus Major Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Bruins Pass, just W of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°17'52"N, 117°36'06"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. Re-approved 8 September 1932 on 82N/SW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Climbed 5 August 1902 by Dominion Topographic Survey and so-named because of proximity to Bear Creek [since renamed Connaught Creek]; also Ursus Minor Mountain, Grizzly Mountain, Bruins Pass, Balu Pass.... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |