Old Glory Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW. of Rossland, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°08'58"N, 117°54'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1950 on 82F/4, as a long-established local name, and as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on BC map 4A, 1926. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably a reference to the USA flag, containing only 24 stars when the name "Old Glory" was coined in 1831, and when it was first raised over the capital in 1862; origin/significance of this feature name in BC not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |