Mount Bridgland

Alberta. Mount
North of Yellowhead Pass
52.9531 N 118.5258 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in Canada

Named by Charles Bruce Sissons [1879–1965] in 1923 after Morrison Parsons Bridgland [1878–1948], a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper National Park of Canada and the Canadian Rockies. A founding member of the Alpine Club of Canada, Bridgland was chief mountaineer in early Club camps. In the Club’s list of members in 1907, his residence is listed as Calgary and his affiliation the Topographical Survey of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where he was assistant to Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945].

References:

Anon. “List of Members.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 1 (1907):188
Bridgland, Morrison Parsons [1878–1948]. “Report of the Chief Mountaineer [Yoho camp].” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 1 (1907):131
Bridgland, Morrison Parsons [1878–1948]. “Report of the Chief Mountaineer [Paradise Valley camp].” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1908):122
Bridgland, Morrison Parsons [1878–1948]. “Report of the Chief Mountaineer [Rogers Pass camp 1908].” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 2 (1909):118
Canadian Board on Geographical Names. Place-names of Alberta. Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1928. Hathi Trust
Sissons, Charles Bruce [1879–1965]. “Morrison P. Bridgland. In Memoriam.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 31 (1948):162-164
MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books

Also see:

Spiral Road — Vicinity of Mount Robson