| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Mount BayardOfficial |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alaska boundary W of Salmon Glacier, just NW of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°07'21"N, 130°06'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Lindeborg adopted 1 February 1921, and so-labelled on BC map 3M, 1921. Name changed to Mount Bayard 24 November 1924 ? and published in the 19th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 July 1927, and on BC-Alaska boundary sheet 3 (letter November 1924, file B.1.22). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lindeburg was one of the earliest settlers, being 15 years in the Salmon River District; he located 49 group mineral claims and many others. He was an American who homesteaded at Hyder. (Geological Survey summary report, 1921) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |