Gwendoline Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Stockdale and Forster Creeks, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°35'36"N, 116°33'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 March 1973 on 82K/10, as submitted by Peter Robinson, a mountaineer who had climbed in the area in 1952 Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the steamer Gwendoline, which sailed the Columbia River in the old days. The Gwendoline was launched at Wasa in 1893 for the Upper Columbia Navigation and Tramway Company. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |