Mount Grice-Hutchinson
| 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 end of peninsula separating Anstey and Seymour Arms, Shuswap Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°03'18"N, 119°00'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 October 1978 on 82M, as submitted by Helen Akrigg (file M.2.60) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Canon Rowen E. Grice-Hutchinson, first Anglican Missionary in the area, who spent the years 1913-16 and 1919-23 living at Sorrento and travelling to all the settlements along the main lake [Shuswap Lake] and up Seymour Arm; he died at home near Cheltenham, England, in March 1977, age 90. (31 March 1978 letter from Akrigg, file M.2.60) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |