| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW. of Drinnon Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°47'58"N, 117°44'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 March 1974 on 82F/13, as proposed by Anthony Eweson, New Denver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Refers to Michael Gregory, a resident of the Slocan area known to his friends as Gregorio, who drowned 11 July 1971 during a return from an ascent of the Devil's Couch. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Michael Gregory was an American citizen who came to Canada sometime during the Vietnam War. He lived in the Slocan Valley for a number of years, and drowned in a canoeing accident on Slocan Lake in 1971. Widow: Colleen Kelly. (information from Innes Cooper, Slocan City Historical Group, August 1998) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |