Place names in the Canadian Rockies

Bastion Peak

Feature type: Peak (2)
Province: British Columbia
Location: Alta-BC boundary, headwaters of Geikie Creek
Latitude: 52°42'30" N
Longitude: 118°21'00" W
NTS map: 83D/9
An official name listed at the BC Geographical Names Information System

A bastion is a projecting part of a fortification, consisting of an earthwork in the form of an irregular pentagon. The feature was named by the interprovincial boundary survey party of Wheeler and Cautley in 1921.


References:

Wheeler, Arthur O. and Cautley, R.W. Report of the Commission appointed to delimit the boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part III-A. Topographical surveys of the watershed. 1922, 1923, 1924. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1924.


Comments? Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002