Place names in the Canadian Rockies

Bryce, Mount

Feature type: mouunt
Province: Alberta
Location: Approximately 92 km SW of Jasper
Latitude: 52-03 N
Longitude: 117-20 W
Elevation: 3507 m
NTS map: 83 C/3

Viscount James Bryce was president of the Alpine Club (London) in 1898 when this mountain was named. He was British Ambassador at Washington from 1907 to 1912.


References:

Karamitsanis, Aphrodite, 1961-. Place names of Alberta: Mountains, mountain parks and foothills. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991.


Comments? Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002