Mount Mummery
| 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: | Between head of Waitabit Creek and Blaeberry River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°39'52"N, 116°51'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #18, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named in 1897 after A.F. Mummery, member of the Alpine Club, London, killed [while climbing Mount Nanga Parbat] in the Himalayas in August 1895." (18th Report, GBC, 1924) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |