Mount Root
| 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: | On BC-Alaska boundary N of Fairweather Mountain, at SW end of Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°59'07"N, 137°30'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 114I/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Elevation of 12,860 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Boundary Peak # 165. Named by USC&GS and published in 1903 on US Chart #8000. Named after Elihu Root (1845-1937), a member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and US Secretary of War, 1899-1904, under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt; Secretary of State, 1905-09, under President Roosevelt; and US Senator from New York 1909-15. He was also a member of the Hague Tribunal. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |