Mount Gladsheim adopted 7 May 1900 on Geological Survey sheet 791, West Kootenay, 1900, and so-identified in the 2nd Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1900. Form of name changed to Gladsheim Peak in the 3rd Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1901.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Gladsheim is the glittering hall where the Norse God Odin presided over the all the realms. (the lake below this peak is ice-covered much of the year, and glints in the summer sunlight.)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Name submitted by R.W. Brock in his 2 April 1900 letter to Geological Survey of Canada. The magnificent hall "Glads-Heim," where stood the twelve seats occupied by the Gods when they met in council, and where the throne Hlidskialf was placed. When seated in state upon his throne, Odin rested his feet on a footstool of gold, the work of the Gods, whose furniture and utensils were all fashioned either of that precious metal or a silver. (information provided December 2007 by Slocan historian Innes Cooper, encapsulated from Myths of Northern Lands, by H.A. Guerber; American Book Co., New York, 1895.)

Source: included with note