Adopted 7 October 1954 on 82K/1 as an established local name and as identified in J.M. Thorington's "The Purcell Ranges" 1946.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named in relation to Findlay Creek by the party making the first ascent, 1930: "...a gorgeous peak, Mt. Findlay, was clothed in a sweep of glacier that ends in an ice-tongue near a grove of larch...." (Alpine Journal vol 43, p.169; Geographic Journal vol LXXVII, p.462). The first ascent party: E. Cromwell, J.M. Thorington, C. Kain, P. Kaupmann.

Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

"Named in association with Findlay Creek, itself possibly named for Jacques (Jace) Raphael Finlay [sic] - a well-known hunter and trader on the Upper Columbia in the days of David Thompson [c1811-1817]. Later there were two half-breed brothers of this name, working as outfitters in the East Kootenay." (© The Purcell Range of British Columbia by J. Monroe Thorington, American Alpine Club, 1946, p.85)

Source: included with note

"Named after the half breed sons of Jacques Raphael Finlay, NWC, who had built Spokane House in 1810. George Findlay and his brother came to this area in 1861 and discovered gold here in 1863; this led to the Kootenay gold rush of 1864-65. (Graham, "Fur and Gold" p.126-127; Smyth, "Tales of the Kootenays" p.50)

Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File ("the Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions