| 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: | On BC-Alaska boundary, between Fairweather Mountain and head of Tarr Inlet Glacier Bay, SW of Atlin, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°01'55"N, 137°10'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 114P/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 December 1928 on 114 P, as recommended to Geographic Board by G.G. Aitken, BC Chief Geographer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Since Icy Straits and the entrance to Glacier Bay were surveyed by Capt. George Vancouver, RN, in 1794, the recession of the ice in Glacier Bay has been very rapid, as shown by attached map. In 1925 J.P. Forde, district engineer of Department of Public Works of Canada, visited Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay, and on locating the boundary line between Alaska and Canada found that the ice had receded to a point 3900 feet on the Canadian side of the line, thus enabling him to sail through Alaskan waters into Canada. He again visited Tarr Inlet in 1928, but found the recession since 1925 to be very slight (approximately 300 feet), the ice face having apparently reached the head of the Inlet. The Internation Boundary line was located at the head of the Inlet by making an intersection between Station 160 (Mt. Barnard) and Station 161 of the Internation Boundary Commission. (file B.1.22 with aforementioned map) Name approved by the US Geographic Board 9 January 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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John Preston Forde of Victoria, B.C. Engaged in surveying and engineering work in British Columbia since 1891: Resident engineer in charge of Mountain Division of CPR, 1904-1911; Assistant Public Works engineer, Province of British Columbia, 1911-1912; District engineer, Dept of Public Works of Canada, in charge of work on inland waters of B.C., 1912-1921; DPW (Canada) in charge of work on BC tidal waters and B.C. & Yukon Territory rivers, 1921 to date; vice-president, Alpine Club of Canada, 1910-1914 - has made many ascents of high peaks in the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk mountains and B.C. Coast Range; has made a number of contributions to literature on B.C. mountains; had charge of construction of Victoria's Esquimalt Dry Dock for DPW (Canada); member of Engineering Institute of Canada; member of Professional Engineers Association of B.C. (file B.1.22) See also Forde (locality) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |