Mount Loki
| 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: | E side of Kootenay Lake, SE of Kaslo, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°50'29"N, 116°45'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1937, as labelled on G.M. Dawson's map "West Kootenai Dist", 1890, and on Perry's "Mining map of West Kootenay", 1893, and on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on Geological Survey of Canada sheet 236A, Kootenay Lake Area, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Loki was a mischievious character in Norse mythology; the companion of Odin and Thor, he was able to change his shape and engaged in sight-deceiving magic. In early myths he was a wicked character - a giant of the underworld - stealing the treasures of the gods. Named by Dawson ? Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |