Alberta. Mount
Head ofJackpine River, 5 km NW of Mount Besss
53.3969 N 119.4175 W — Map 83E/6 — Google — GeoHack — Bivouac
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in Canada
Elevation: 3316 m
Head ofJackpine River, 5 km NW of Mount Besss
53.3969 N 119.4175 W — Map 83E/6 — Google — GeoHack — Bivouac
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in Canada
Elevation: 3316 m
This mount appears on:
Phillips’s map NW of Robson 1915
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 34 (surveyed in 1923)
Phillips’s map NW of Robson 1915
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 34 (surveyed in 1923)
John Memeno, the last Cree Indian to remember James Evans, with church leaders at Norway House, Manitoba, 1925. Chown at the right.
United Church of Canada Archives
Mount Chown was named for Samuel Dwight Chown [1853–1933] of Winnipeg, Manitoba, a general superintendent of the Methodist Church, and one of the founders of the United Church of Canada. The United Church was formed in 1912 due to the needs of hundreds of small prairie towns where it was impractical to have 3 or 4 separate churches. The peak was named by H.A. Stevens in 1912.
References:
- Karamitsanis, Aphrodite [1961–]. Place names of Alberta. Volume 1: Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991
- Wikipedia. Samuel Dwight Chown
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