Duchess Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of head of Findlay Creek in Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park, SW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'29"N, 116°27'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 October 1954 on 82K/1, as labelled on Forest Service Reference Map 21-23 (early date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1931 by J. Monroe Thornington after the steamer "Duchess," Captain F.P. Armstrong's famous steamboat which ran from Golden to Lake Windermere prior to the construction of the Kootenay Central Railroad in the late 1880s. The vessel was named in turn after the Duchess of Somerset (Lady Susan St. Maur), an early tourist in the region. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |