St. Eloi Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, between Middle and North Kootenay Passes, SE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War I |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°19'34"N, 114°28'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the July-November 1917 decisions of the Geographic Board of Canada, published in the Canada Gazette 8 December 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after St. Éloi, a village south of Ypres, Belgium, where Canadian troops fought 27 March - 16 April 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |