| 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: | NW of junction of Houston Creek and Duncan River, in Battle Range S of Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°59'33"N, 117°23'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 July 1946 on 82K/14, as submitted by Dr. Smith (file D.1.45). Further correspondence June 1960 and August 1963 on B.1.55). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the distinguished mountaineer and explorer, Professor Frederic King Butters, who climbed in this area 1904-1924. This particular peak was climbed by Butters, Holway and Gilmour in 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Called "Holway's Peak" by mountaineer Herbert de Staebler, Jr (his June 1963 letter, file B.1.55). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |