| 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 head of Illecillewaet River, S of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°14'07"N, 117°30'50"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 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.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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An amalgamation of the names Abbot, Fay and Thompson, members of the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston who climbed this mountain in 1895 and named it after themselves that year. First ascent had already been credited to H.A. Perley, W.H. Rau and Miss Macleod in 1893; second ascent credited to Fay in 1894. (The Selkirk Range, A.O.Wheeler, 1905, p.373) Source: included with note |
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Named 10 August 1895 by Abbott, Fay and Thompson. ("Mountains of North Kootenay" published in The Kootenay Mail, Revelstoke; 15 February 1901, p.1) Source: included with note |