Mount Bonney
| 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: | NW of head of Incomappleux River, W side Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°12'16"N, 117°32'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
| Related Maps: |
82N 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on early mountaineering maps. (see reproductions that accompany The Selkirk Range, by A.O. Wheeler, 1905, vol 2.) Also Bonney Glacier and Bonney Névé. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bonney Glacier, Bonney Névé, and Mount Bonney were all named in 1888 by Rev. W.S. Green, after Professor T.G. Bonney, geologist, and president at the time of the Alpine Club, London. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |