The Hoodoos
| Feature Type: | Cliff (2) - Steep rock face projecting nearly vertically from the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SW of Fairmont Hot Springs (community), SE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°18'44"N, 115°53'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 May 1966 as a well-established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is a spectacular cliff, a popular tourist point-of-interest. Hoodoos are earth pillars capped by a large boulder. The boulder has originally lain on the soil; when most of the soft surface material surrounding it has been gradually worn away by rain, it has protected the earth beneath it, and remained perched on the resulting pillar of earth. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |