Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
N of Shale Pass, S of Morkill Pass
53.6167 N 119.7167 W — Map 83E/12 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1923
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
N of Shale Pass, S of Morkill Pass
53.6167 N 119.7167 W — Map 83E/12 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1923
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This mount appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 37 (surveyed in 1923 & 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 37 (surveyed in 1923 & 1924)
Peter Talbot. Appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1906, served during the premierships of Wilfred Laurier and Robert Borden until he died in 1919
Wikipedia [accessed 31 October 2026]
The mountain was named by the Geodetic Survey in 1923, during the survey of the interprovincial boundary [1], after Hon. Peter Talbot [1854-1919], Lacombe; member of Senate of Canada from 1906 to 1919 [2].
(Not named after British travel author Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot [1880–1924], who traversed the Yellowhead Pass in 1910, one year ahead of the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.)
Also see
References:
- 1. Cautley, Richard William, D.L.S., A.L.S., C.E. [1873–1953], and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Parts IIIA & IIIB, 1918 to 1924. From Yellowhead Pass Northerly. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum
- 2. Canadian Board on Geographical Names. Place-names of Alberta. Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1928. Hathi Trust [accessed 10 March 2025]