Mount Jeldness
| 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 |
| Other Names: | Nigger Mountain |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Big Sheep Creek just above Swehaw Creek, W of Rossland, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'01"N, 117°58'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Nigger Mountain adopted 2 June 1950. Name changed to Mount Jeldness 1 November 1967 on 82F/4, as proposed by BC Geographic Division. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Re-named after Olaus Jeldness, a miner and accomplished skiier who came to Rossland in 1896 at the age of 29; his enthusiastic promotion helped establish Rossland as a ski centre in Canada. (See "Rossland, the Golden City" published by Rossland Miner Ltd, 1949, pp 17-19.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |