Mount Harkin
| 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: | E side of Kootenay River in S end of Kootenay National Park, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°47'48"N, 115°51'52"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 9 September 1924 on Kootenay National Park map, as submitted in February 1923 by M.P. Bridgland, DLS, to the Geographic Board of Canada, per Ottawa file OBF 0772. (BC file K.2.24) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After J.B. Harkin, Commissioner of Parks at the time. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After James B. Harkin, from 1911 to 1936 Canada's first commissioner of national parks. He has been called the 'Father of National Parks in Canada.' " Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |