Foster Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W. of Vermilion River, N. of Floe Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°03'55"N, 116°09'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1924 on Kootenay National Park map, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1913 after Colonel W.W.Foster, DSO, president of the Alpine Club of Canada, 1922-24. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |