Sir Sandford Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Gold River and Palmer Creek, just SW of Gold Arm Kinbasket Lake, NW of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°39'23"N, 117°52'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in 18th Report. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named after Sir Sandford Fleming, KCMG, (1827-1915). In 1871 Fleming was appointed engineer-in-chief of the CPR and under his direction the route was surveyed from Fort William westward to the Rockies and through the two alternate passes - the Yellowhead and the Kicking Horse. He was the first to advocate twenty-four-hour day standard time for railways. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |