| 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: | E side of head of Portland Canal, just SE of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°54'34"N, 129°56'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103P/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 May 1926 on Geological Survey sheet 193A, Stewart, as submitted by D.B. Morkill, BCLS (file P.1.26). Confirmed 6 August 1953 on 103 P. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Mount Rainy" on federal 1:50 000 sheet 103P/13, and positioned almost 2 miles southwest of the correct location. The summit of Mount Rainey is within Lot 1857. 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 Dalby B. Morkill, BCLS, at the urging of Mr. Robert Stewart, owner of the Silverado Mine: the name Rainey Mtn [sic] is preferable to an earlier suggestion to call this "Silverado", and would commemorate one of the oldest residents of the district. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Robert "Bob" Rainey, first locator on this hill; later killed on his claim near Stewart. An old timer of the district. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |