| 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: | W side of Farnham Ridge, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'11"N, 116°29'56"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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"Mount Hammond (not Thumb)" adopted in the 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 |
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"...formerly locally known as Mount St. Thomas, a cone-shaped mountain towering 11,980 feet overshadowing Paradise basin, where is now situated the Paradise mine, has been named Mount Hammond, in honor of H.O. Hammond of Montreal [sic], owner of the property, and who has been heavily interested in the district for years." (Victoria Colonist 30 October 1902, p.2) (copy received September 1974, file H.1.54) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Herbert Carlyle Hammond of Toronto, owner with partner Robert Randolph Bruce of the Paradise Mine. Hammond, as financial agent for an English mining company, came to the Kootenay Valley in 1897 to look over "The Treasure Shop" mine. There he met Bruce, and grub-staked him for the winter. Bruce found gold, a partnership was established and their joint fortunes were made; while others sunk their stake into mines, these two turned from minerals to agriculture, eventually owning farm land stretching for more than 40 miles on either side of Lake Windermere. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named 2 September 1910 by Charles Ellis (first ascent), "....in honour of the late Herbert Carlyle Hammond of Toronto....Mr. Hammond was one of the first to become interested in mines in this district, and financed the development of the Paradise Mine." (Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol III, 1911, pp.14-24). "It seems highly probably that the so-called Mt. Hammond is the Mount Nelson of David Thompson, the first white man to visit the Upper Columbia Lakes, as far back as 1807." (editor, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol III, 1911, p.24). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |