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Hooker, Mount |
Feature type: Mount
Province: British Columbia Location: Alta-BC boundary, near Athabasca Pass Latitude: 52°24'00" N Longitude: 118°07'00" W NTS map: 83D/8 |
| An official name listed at the BC Geographical Names Information System | |
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This mountain overlooking the Athabasca Pass was named in 1827 by David Douglas, “in honor of my early patron, the Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow.” Professor Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) became Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in 1841. Douglas’s estimate of the height of the mountain, about 16,000 feet (4880 m) , was reduced to 9,000 feet (2740 m) in 1893 by Arthur Coleman. Related place names: Coleman Glacier | |
| Comments? | Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002 |