| 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: | Just inside BC-Alberta boundary, on NW side of Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°10'47"N, 119°12'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1990 on 83 E/3; submitted by parks staff as a well-known local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1939 by Anne MacLean Chesser and Alice Wright, after themselves; as they found no evidence of previous climbers they built a stone cairn at the summit, and claimed first ascent. Anne MacLean came from Nova Scotia in 1930 to visit her sister Sophie MacLean Hargreaves, and brother-in-law, Roy; she married Chuck Chesser in 1931 and they all became partners in the tourism and outfitting business at Mount Robson. Now deceased. Alice Wright was a frequent visitor at Berg Lake Chalet through the '30's and '40's; in 1959 she purchased Mount Robson Ranch from Roy & Sophie Hargreaves, and was a well-known member of the tourism/outfitting industry throughout the Rockies. Sold Mount Robson Ranch and retired in 1977. Now deceased. (detailed biographies on file M.1.63) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |