Mount Carroll
| 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 MacdonaldOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Just NE of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, W of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°18'29"N, 117°28'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Originally named "Carroll" in 1886, after a member of Major Rogers' engineering party on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1884-86. Named Mount Macdonald by Order in Council #551, 4 April 1887, after the Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald (1815 - 1890), Canada's 1st Prime Minister, and serving his 4th term when the CPR line was completed through Rogers Pass in 1885. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |