Mount Cautley
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary just SE of Assiniboine Pass, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'28"N, 115°34'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1928, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 12, published in 1917 from surveys in 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by the BC-Alberta Boundary Commission after Richard W. Cautley (1873-1953), DLS, ALS, BCLS, who served as Dominion Commissioner to the inter-provincial boundary survey from 1913 to 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |