Downie Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Lake Revelstoke between Goldstream and Downie Creeks, N of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°33'30"N, 118°18'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Downie Peak adopted 4 March 1920, as labelled on "Reconnaissance map of the Northern Selkirk Mountains and the Big Bend of the Columbia River" by Howard Palmer and Robert H. Chapman, 1915; not "Eldorado Peak" as labelled on earlier maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Doubtless after William Downie, prospector employed by Sir James Douglas, 1858." (1920 notation on BC name card). See also Downie Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |