Corrie Ridge
| Feature Type: | Ridge (2) - Elongated stretch of elevated ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Extending SW from Corrie Peak to Gentian Ridge, SW of Cheakamus Lake, S of Whistler, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'18"N, 122°58'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1930 on 92G and 92J, as labelled on 1928 topographic map of Garibaldi Park by A.J. Campbell, BCLS. Also Corrie Peak, at the north end of this ridge. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Corrie Peak named in 1916 by John Davidson, provincial botanist, from its being the highest point on Corrie Ridge, [named in turn] from the resemblance of the east side of the ridge to the corries (circular holes in mountain sides) of Lochnagar and Braeriach in the Cairngorms of Scotland." Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |