Mount Berland
| 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: | E side Columbia River SE of Edgewater, N of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°40'36"N, 116°02'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1924 on Kootenay Park Sheet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Edward Berland, the guide who, in 1841, had been sent from the Hudson's Bay Company post at Fort Colville to meet Sir George Simpson with a relay of horses. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |