| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Lake Koocanusa below Elk River, SE of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°05'59"N, 115°05'00"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Grasmere (settlement) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. The dual name "Grasmere (Flagstone Post Office)" adopted 2 March 1948 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #50. Form of name changed to Grasmere (community) 14 January 1983 on 82G/3. Form of name changed to Grasmere (locality) 29 November 1984. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Flagstone Post Office was opened 15 June 1910. Post Office name changed to Grasmere 2 October 1958, as petitioned by the Women's Institute, to conform to the name of the surrounding community. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Earlier named "McGuire" after Howard McGuire who arrived in the district in 1898. In 1922 when a new school was built, every pupil submitted a new name. A draw was held, and the entry which was picked was that of young Warren Lancaster, who had proposed Grasmere." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |
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The traditional name for this site is ?akink'umtasnuqti?it, pronounced a-kin-koom-thas-nooq-thi it. [meaning/significance not provided] (April 2006 advice from Janice Alpine, Ktunaxa Language Program) Source: included with note |