Fairmont Hot Springs Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia

Hotsprings / Hot Springs - Site of a natural flow of hot or warm water issuing from the ground. Plural of Hotspring / Hot Spring. E of Columbia Lake, SE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

Fairmont Hot Springs: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Fairmont Hot Springs

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Fairmont Hot Springs

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Fairmont Hot Springs Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Fairmont Hot Springs

References to Fairmont Hot Springs that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 31 December 1966 in the 1966 BC Gazetteer, as a well-established local name, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Precise coordinates confirmed April 2005 by J.Farrell.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Labelled "Fairmont Sp." on Lands Dept 1888 map, Eastern part of British Columbia; "Fairmont Sp" labelled on 1902 & 1907 editions of East & West Kootenay District, with Warm Spring Creek and Cold Spring Creek adjacent; "Fairmont Springs" labelled on BC Lands' map 4G, 1914, and nearby creeks identified as Coldspring Creek and Hotspring Creek.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

"Near Brewer's Ranch, about thirteen miles south of Windermere and only a few hundred yards from the main road, there is a series of hot springs, known as Fairmont Springs, which at this point bubble out from the side-hill. The waters as they leave the ground have a temperature of from 90° to 120°F. These springs, some twenty or twenty-five in number, cover an area of several acres and are of varying size and temperature, the largest running about as much water as would come out of a 3-inch pipe under a 10-foot head. The water is as clear as crystal and is evidently highly charged with lime and a little iron, judging from the deposits which form on the surface around the springs. This deposit forms in the shape of a circular basin with the spring in centre - regular natural baths - much used as such by the people of the locality, who credit the waters with great medicinal properties, a belief handed down by the Indians of the neighbourhood. There are several of these basins in the creek-bottom with waters at a temperature of 100°F, while within 5 feet flows a good-sized creek with water at 40 degrees, providing the 'hot bath and cold plunge' of the Turkish bath." (BC Mines Report, 1898, p.1036, reprinted in 1913 Report, p.K.117)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21