Ainsworth Hot Springs
Language of origin English language
Feature Type:Hotsprings / Hot Springs - Site of a natural flow of hot or warm water issuing from the ground. Plural of Hotspring / Hot Spring.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: In Ainsworth (community), W side of Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 49°44'07"N, 116°54'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 82F/10
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. See Ainsworth Hot Springs (community) for origin information.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Water Rights Branch plans to accompany CLs 10428, 10429 (licences to divert spring water from the 6 springs southwestward across North Street to swimming pool and other facilities. (copy of plan received 20 March 1964, file K.2.50).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office