Onlsow Mountain is located on the border of
Alberta and
British Columbia on the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
.
History
Onslow Mountain was named in 1917 by the
Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the British
Royal Navy ship that took part in the
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy ...
in
World War I.
[ The mountain's name was officially adopted as Mount Onslow in 1924 by the ]Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada ...
and officially changed to Onslow Mountain in 1966.[
]
See also
* List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
* Mountains of Alberta
* Mountains of British Columbia
References
Onslow Mountain
Onlsow Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide.
History
Onslow Mountain was named in 1917 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the British Royal Navy ship that took part in the Battle ...
Onslow Mountain
Onlsow Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide.
History
Onslow Mountain was named in 1917 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the British Royal Navy ship that took part in the Battle ...
Canadian Rockies
Kootenay Land District
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