Mount Grainger
| 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 of Canal Flats (municipality), Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°10'22"N, 115°43'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Grainger adopted 6 November 1923, as suggested by Dr. Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institute (October 1923 letter to Geographic Board of Canada, file 34275-S # 2). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Incorrectly identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer as Grainger Mountain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Douglas and Hardwicke Grainger, operators of the old Grainger Ranch ranch at the western foot of this mountain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |