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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
S of Toby Creek, W of Windermere Lake, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°27'14"N, 116°09'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82K/8 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 18 June 1915, for inclusion on Geological Survey sheet 165A, Windermere.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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"Taynton, not Johnson..." (18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Taynton was a rancher whose property was at the foot of this mountain.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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