| 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-Alberta boundary at head of Geikie River, S end Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°39'22"N, 118°19'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Summit peaks above 10,000 feet include Simon, McDonell and Bennington Peaks, and several unnamed peaks. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Simon Fraser (1776- 1862), a partner in the North West Company, who established the first trading posts in the Rocky Mountains, beginning in 1805. He followed Alexander Mackenzie's route, opening up a vast area between the plains and the Pacific, which he called New Caledonia, and in 1808 followed the Fraser River, named after him, to its mouth. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |