Mount King
| 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 of junction of Otterhead and Kicking Horse Rivers in Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°20'25"N, 116°38'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1886 by Otto J. Klotz, Dominion Topographic Survey staff, after Dr. W.F. King, then chief inspector of surveys, later chief astronomer of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Klotz c.1886 "...after my confrere W.F. King". File 0067. In 1881 King was chief inspector of surveys, later chief astronomer of Canada. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |