Mount Odin
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W. of Pingston Creek, S. of Odin Creek, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°33'05"N, 118°07'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 May 1900, as labelled on Geological Survey map "West Kootenai District" by George Dawson, 1890. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Probably named by Dawson, as his map is the earliest appearance of the name. In Norse Mythology, Odin [also spelled Wuotan or Woden] is the supreme deity - the god of art, war, culture, and the dead. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |