| 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: | SW of Jarvis Lakes in Kawka Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°03'29"N, 120°19'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/1 |
| Related Maps: |
93I 93I/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 August 1965 on 93I, as identified by Jarvis & Hanington in their 1877 report of exploratory surveys to CPR. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Apparently named in 1875 by E.W. Jarvis: "E.W. Jarvis, an intrepid explorer for the proposed CPR, passed within 10 miles of [Mount Sir Alexander] in February 1875 when he discovered the pass which bears his name....he described the next highest mountain in the region, a very conspicuous peak eight miles northeast of Mount Sir Alexander, and named it, for reasons best known to himself, "Mount Ida"." (Frederick Vreeland, "Early Visits to Mount Sir Alexander", American Alpine Journal, 1930, pp 114-119 with map, copy on file V.1.33). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "The Fortress" on 1929 survey plan 10T264, McGregor River area, by A.J. Campbell, BCLS. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |