Bummers Flats
| Feature Type: | Flats (2) - Almost level land, usually found along a valley. Plural of Flat (2). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E. side of Kootenay River, NW of Fort Steele, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'59"N, 115°43'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 56, as a well-known local name dating to the pack trail days, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |