mountain in E British Columbia; highest peak of the Canadian Rockies: 12,972 ft (3,954 m)
Origin:
prob. after C. Robertson (1793-1842), an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in the region
See Robson in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A mountain, 3,959 m (12,982 ft) high, of eastern British Columbia, Canada, on the border with Alberta. It is the highest elevation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.