Mount Alexandra
| 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, NE of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°58'50"N, 117°11'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Confirmed in the 12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1913, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #20, and as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1902 after Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), consort to King Edward VII. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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...the then Prince of Wales married Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, March 10, 1863. ("Place Names in Vicinity of Yellowhead Pass" by James White, Canadian Alpine Journal, vol VI, 1914-15, pp.143-158) Source: included with note |