| 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: | W side of Kimsquit River just above head of Dean Channel, NW of Bella Coola, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°58'03"N, 127°12'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cornice Peak adopted 7 February 1947 on 93SW at 52° 57' - 127° 17', elevation 7500' asl. Altered application 2 July 1953 on 93D, to the location identified on early maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Cornice Mountain" first labelled on 1928 topographic plan 11T2, "Topographic Tracings of the Bella Coola Area" by Frank Swannell, BCLS; approximate location 52° 58' - 127° 11', elevation 5622' asl. Labelled Cornice Peak on BC map 1L, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive. In this context a cornice is an overhanging mass of snow, ice, or rock; the term borrowed from architectural references to a molded horizontal projection that crowns a structure or wall. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |