| 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: | SW of Ross Peak in Glacier National Park, between Revelstoke and Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°13'41"N, 117°34'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 3rd Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1901. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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After Rev. William Spotswood Green, MA, FRGS, Alpine Club, who explored and climbed various mountains along the CPR route in 1888; he named numerous features along the way and is credited with recommending the location for CPR's Chateau Lake Louise hotel. Rev. Green's book "Among the Selkirk Glaciers, Being the Account of a Rough Survey in the Rocky Mountain Regions of British Columbia" and the accompanying (first) detailed map of the vicinity, was published by MacMillan & Co, London, in 1890. A digital copy is published by Google books. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |