| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Kootenay National Park just S of Wolverine Pass, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°07'45"N, 116°15'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Gray adopted 4 June 1918 on Kootenay Park sheet, as submitted by the BC Mountaineering Club and recommended by BC Representative to the Geographic Board of Canada, not "Mount Cambria" nor "Cambria Peak" as had been submitted 22 January 1918 by Dr.Charles D. Walcott (Ottawa file OBF 0341 - 0320). Mount Gray published in the the 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After William J. Gray, Vancouver geologist, who, while assisting Dr. Charles W. Drysdale on a geological survey, was drowned with him 10 July 1917; they were attempting to cross Kootenay River by raft, 30 miles above Athalmar. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Cambria" originally proposed by Dr. Walcott because it is formed entirely of Cambrian rocks. "After W.J. Gray, geologist, drowned in Kootenay River 10 July 1917." (16th Report, GBC). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |