Serendipity Spire
| Feature Type: | Spire - Tall, slender, sharp-pointed peak; or a mountain. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE. of Remillard Peak, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°44'40"N, 118°00'54"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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Adopted 23 January 1973, as submitted by climber W.L. Putnam. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named by Putnam because "...because the mountain was inspiring to look at." [a typical Putnam malapropism - Serendipity is finding something valuable or agreeable, that hadn't been sought.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |