Grainger Road (Canal Flats), Mount Grainger
The old Lascelles Ranch, turned Grainger property, located to the north of Canal Flats, was later in part developed into Eagles Nest Estates.
Grainger
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Category Archives: Mountains
Black Diamond
Black Diamond Mountain (head of Delphine and Farnham Creeks)
It could be that the naming of the mountain and the mine was a serendipitous case of separate parties deciding on the same name for separate features in a similar area.
Forster (2)
Mt Forster, Forster Creek, Forster Pass
Even today it is assumed that Sylvester is guilty of Forster’s death. Legally speaking, he is not.
Johnston (2)
Mount Johnston (up Horsethief Creek), Johnston Road (south of Invermere)
For all that the name Jim Johnston is relatively well known in local historical circles, I was surprised by how little there is recorded about him in print.
Stockdale
Mount Stockdale, Stockdale Creek (tributary of Horsethief Creek), Stockdale Glacier
“When it is said Frank Stockdale is the most popular young man in this vicinity it is only repeating what many have said during the past week.”25
Marion
Marion Creek, flowing into Columbia Lake; Mount Marion
The Marion didn’t spend much time on the Upper Columbia, but she was one of the most well travelled steamboats in the Kootenays.
Nowitka
Nowitka Mountain, Nowitka Lake, head of Findlay Creek
The Nowitka … has the distinction of being the last commercial steamboat on the Upper Columbia River.
Paradise (2)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
The Paradise mine captured the local imagination in a way that no other mining property in the valley has quite come close to.
Paradise (1)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
“In its early days Hammond used to say it [the mine] should have been called the ‘Parasite’.” 46
Ben Abel
Ben Abel Creek (north fork of Dutch Creek), Abel Creek (into Lake Windermere), Mount Abel
“The most interesting old-timer in the valley… [Ben Abel] was a tall, handsome man about sixty years old, with a long black beard which reached to his waist and which he always rolled up and tucked inside his shirt on leaving the settlement. It was his great pride.” 54
In The Windermere 