Mount Taynton
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: 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

"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

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