Eagle Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Sir Donald Range, E of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°16'35"N, 117°27'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-known prior to 1888 ("Mountains of North Kootenay" published in The Kootenay Mail, Revelstoke; 15 February 1901, p.1). "The centre peak of the Sir Donald Range, immediately NE of Glacier House, named because of a rock, resembling an eagle, in the south-eastern arête; first ascent 1893 credited to S.E.S. Allen and W.D. Wilcox." (The Selkikr Range, by A.O.Wheeler, 1905, p.378) Source: included with note |