| Feature Type: | Caves - Natural subterranean chamber open to the surface. Plural of Cave. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side Krao Creek, W of Ainsworth Hot Springs, Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'39"N, 116°57'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 April 1997 on 82 F/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After prospector and Kaslo resident Henry Cody (1861 -1921), who may have discovered the caves. See Cody (locality). The Nelson paper "The Weekly News", Saturday 4 October 1902, reprinted a lengthy article originally published in the November 1899 edition of "The Argosy", containing a description of the caves and of Ainsworth in 1880; the author, Mr. H.R.A. Popock, called this the Queen Victoria Cave. Exact coordinates not specified. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The Cody Caves near Ainsworth [are] amongst the biggest subterranean caverns in Canada..." (West Kootenay Sportsman's Guide, 1960, p.36). Source: included with note |