Mount Kindersley
| 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: | W side of Kootenay National Park, NE of Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'16"N, 116°01'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/9 |
| Related Maps: |
82K/9 92K/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1924 on Kootenay National Park sheet. Also Kindersley Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Sir Robert Kindersley, who had succeeded to Lord Strathcona as Governor of the Hudson Bay Company; Kindersley toured Canada in 1920. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |