Chancellor Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of junction of Beaverfoot and Kicking Horse Rivers, E of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°13'26"N, 116°30'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/2 |
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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, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After Sir John Boyd (1837-1916), chancellor of Ontario; one of the arbiters on the dispute between the Dominion Government and the CPR in 1886." (17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |