Emperor 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: | SW of Truce Mountain, SW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°17'49"N, 116°46'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 20 June 1972 on 82K/7, as submitted by climber Curt Wagner, Marshall, Minnesota. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named for its [stately] appearance, and after Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, which is in E-flat; climbed in 1967." (April 1972 letter from climber Curt Wagner (file H.1.54). [note proximity to B-Flat Peak, another of Wagner's nuanced naming suggestions] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |