Mount Albert
| 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 of head of Queens Reach lekw'emin (inlet), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'00"N, 123°52'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Albert adopted 6 May 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1865 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1860 by Captain Richards, RN, after Albert, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort; married Queen Victoria in 1840. First ascent credited to Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy W. Easthope, 1930. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |