Alberta-BC boundary. Mountain
Headwaters of Fitzwilliam Creek
52.8322 N 118.3967 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1916
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
Headwaters of Fitzwilliam Creek
52.8322 N 118.3967 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1916
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
This mountain appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917) [as “Mt. Kataka”]
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 A (surveyed in 1917)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917) [as “Mt. Kataka”]
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 A (surveyed in 1917)
The flat-topped mountain resembles a fort. Kataka is supposedly an Indigenous word for “fort.”
Named in 1916 by Morrison Parsons Bridgland [1878–1948], founding member of the Alpine Club of Canada and surveyor associated with Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.
References:
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Kataka Mountain