Akamina Ridge
| Feature Type: | Ridge (2) - Elongated stretch of elevated ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of headwaters of Akamina Creek in extreme SE corner of the province, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'33"N, 114°06'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1950 on BC map 4D, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 1, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Adapted from an Indigenous langauge and means "high bench land", referring to the benches near the summit of the pass, as reported by G.M. Dawson, Geological Survey, 1886. See also Akamina Creek & Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lower Kootenay word meaning "small streams". Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |