Mount Davie
| 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: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of Boswell, SE side of Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'04"N, 116°42'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/7 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/7 82F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 July 1948 on Geological Survey sheet 603A, Nelson. Altered application 8 Febuary 1963 on map 82F/SE, to agree with position on Geological Survey sheet 791, 1900, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/significance not known. [note the relative proximity of Gray Creek; the creek's namesake, John Hamilton Gray, LS, had named Davie River on Vancouver Island in 1887]. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |