Mount Slade
| 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: | Between headwaters of Bruce and Law Creeks, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'34"N, 116°21'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Slade Mountain adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographical Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, not "Boulder Mountain" as had been labelled on Dominion Sectional sheet 113, Spillimacheen, 1914. Form of name changed to Mount Slade 9 June 1960 on 82K. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After a prospector. [no further information recorded] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |