| 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: | W of head of Queens Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°12'21"N, 124°04'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on 92K/NW, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1860 et seq, and on BC map 2D, 1923 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1860 by Captain Richards, RN, after HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), second son of Queen Victoria; Admiral of the Fleet; married 1874 Marie Alexandrovna, only daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1893. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First ascent by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy W. Easthope, 1929. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |