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Grays Peak (British Columbia)

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Topo map
  
NTS 082F11

Prominence
  
223 m

Mountain range
  
Kokanee Range

Elevation
  
2,753 m

Province
  
British Columbia

Parent range
  
Kokanee Range

Grays Peak (British Columbia)

Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Grays Peak is a mountain in southeast British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park in the Kootenays, and is best known for being the mountain pictured on the label of Kokanee beer.

Contents

Map of Grays Peak, Central Kootenay D, BC, Canada

Location

Grays Peak is located at the south end of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, between the headwaters of Kokanee Creek and Coffee Creek.

Name

Grays Peak was named after brothers John Balfour Gray and Robert Hampton Gray (VC), who were born in Trail, BC, and grew up in Nelson, BC. Both brothers were killed in WWII. The name was adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada on 12 March 1946.

References

Grays Peak (British Columbia) Wikipedia