Photo: Mount McPhail with Mount Marconi beyond at left from Holy Cross Mountain
Mount Marconi
- 3105 m (10,188ft)
- Naming History
50.3822N -115.125W
Located west of upper Forsythe Creek, 8 km north-northwest of Connor Lake; 1.5 kilometres north of Mount Minton
Province: BC
Headwater: Kootenay
Located west of upper Forsythe Creek, 8 km north-northwest of Connor Lake; 1.5 kilometres north of Mount Minton
Province: BC
Headwater: Kootenay
Year Named: 1920
Named for: Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo (Marconi was one of the first to make practical use of radio. He left Italy in the 1920's to live in England where his work was used to the advantage of the Royal Navy during WW I.)
Named for: Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo (Marconi was one of the first to make practical use of radio. He left Italy in the 1920's to live in England where his work was used to the advantage of the Royal Navy during WW I.)
Looking northwest to Mount Minton (left) and Mount Marconi (courtesy Allan Schierman)