Mount King George
| 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: | In the Royal Group, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°35'47"N, 115°24'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 10, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1917 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after His Majesty King George V (1865-1936). The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when that name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |