Mount McCuaig
| Language of origin | English language |
| 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 Mount Joffre in Elk Lakes Provincial Park, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'21"N, 115°08'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 September 1966 on 82J/11, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #9, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by interprovincial boundary surveyors, "for Major General George Eric McCuaig (1885 - 1957), who commanded a division of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in WW I and was a stockbroker in peacetime." (Place Names in Elk Lakes Provincial Park, manuscript by A. Simpson, park ranger, August 2001) Source: included with note |