Alberta. Mountain
Head of Carcajou Creek near Continental Divide
53.2417 N 119.2439 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Head of Carcajou Creek near Continental Divide
53.2417 N 119.2439 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 33 (surveyed in 1923)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1931
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 33 (surveyed in 1923)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1931
Named in 1922 by Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.
Wheeler had visited the Alps and suggested this name because of the summit’s supposed resemblance to Piz Palü of the Bernina Alps, in the Grisons southeast of St. Moritz.
References:
- Boles, Glendon Webber [1934–2022]; Laurilla, Roger W. [1959–]; Putnam, William Lowell [1924–2014]. Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2006, p. 195. Internet Archive [accessed 18 November 2025]