Nasswald Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, E of Simpson Ridge in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°59'54"N, 115°39'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in Place Names of Alberta, 1928. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"While mapping the Simpson River Valley in 1913 the party got hung up in the clouds on a photographer's station adjoining Nasswald Peak. To fill in the time of waiting, the guide, Conrad Kain, traversed the connecting ridge and made the summit of the peak where he built a cairn. The Austrian village where Conrad lived when at home was named Nasswald. I called the peak by that name for identification purposes and used it later as a reference station." (2 November 1926 letter from Arthur O. Wheeler, to R.Douglas, Geographic Board) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |