| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW side of Mulvey Lakes, W of Slocan, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°45'57"N, 117°38'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gimli Peak adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. Had been labelled "Mount Gimli" on Geological Survey of Canada sheet 791, West Kootenay, published 1900 from 1898 surveys by Brock, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Name confirmed 29 April 1998 on 82F/13. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is the highest peak of the entire "T-shaped" landmass; from the early 1920's however, Slocan residents have applied the name Gimli to the summit about 3 miles east, and prominently visible from their valley. Recognizing this duality, climbers call the summit closer to Slocan "Gimli I" and Gimli Peak is called "Gimli II" (Canadian Alpine Journal, 1963 p.61, and Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of BC, Putnam, 1963 et seq). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In Norse mythology Gimli [in Old Norse, Gimle] is the home of the blessed following Ragnarok, the day of doom when heaven and earth are destroyed. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |