| 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: | S of Joffre Peak, SW of Duffey Lake E of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°19'09"N, 122°25'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Howard adopted 11 June 1979 on 92J/SE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Capricorn Peak" originally submitted for this location in February 1967 by Dick Culbert, as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XLI, 1958, p.31. Rejected 23 March 1967, as the long-established "Capricorn" names in the Meagher Creek area take precedence (file P.1.51). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John Howard (1944 - 1978), a founder of Alpine Crafts Ltd, and one of the climbers who opened up the Joffre Lakes area; killed in a climbing accident on the Columbia Icefield in 1978 (file P.1.65). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |