Slade Mountain
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Mount SladeOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Between headwaters of Bruce and Law Creeks, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'34"N, 116°21'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Slade Mountain adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographical Board of Canada, 31 March 1924; not "Boulder Mountain" as had been labelled on Dominion Sectional sheet 113, Spillimacheen, 1914. Form of name changed to Mount Slade 9 June 1960 on 82K. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |