Devils Dome
| Feature Type: | Dome - Mass of rock or ice with a rounded top, elevated above the surrounding terrain. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW of Evans Lake in Valhalla Provincial Park, NW of Slocan, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°49'40"N, 117°42'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 July 1976 on 82F/13, as submitted by Pat Ridge, Kootenay Mountaineering Club (file S.1.59). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified in BC records as Devils Dome (peak); feature type identified in Canadian Geographical Names Database as a dome. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Follows "theme" established by Devils Couch. [see Devils Couch for discussion about dubious origin of that name] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |