Cathedral 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: | SW of Kicking Horse Pass, Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°23'47"N, 116°23'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name is descriptive. Cathedral Mountain was so called by surveyors as far back as 1884 and it appears on Dr. Dawson's map of 1866; the name was approved and adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada on March 1, 1904; the first ascent of this mountain was made by Sir James Outram on August 26, 1901. (from "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies" by James Outram; Macmillan Co, New York; 1905.) Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |