Mount Lyell

Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
NE of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake
51.9567 N 117.1033 W — Map 082N14 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1911
Official in BCTopo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This mount appears on:
Palliser Map 1863
Named in 1858 by James Hector [1834–1907], after Sir Charles Lyell [1797–1875], noted British geologist.

Also Lyell Glacier and Icefield.

Five distinct peaks on Mount Lyell were named in 1972 for five prominent Swiss mountaineering guides: Ernest Peak, Walter Peak and Christian Peak on the interprovincial boundary, after Ernest [sic] Feuz, Walter Feuz and Christian Hässler; and Edward Peak and Rudolph Peak entirely in Alberta, after Edward [sic] Feuz and Rudolph Aemm

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