Douai Mountain
[dway]
| 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 E of head of Rice Brook, NE of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°58'36"N, 117°11'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1919 by the Geographic Board of Canada for inclusion on BC-Alberta Boundary Atlas map #20, as named in 1918 by interprovincial boundary surveyors. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Douai, a celebrated fortified town in northern France, in commemoration of its liberation by Canadian and other Allied troops, 18 October 1918. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First ascent credited to E. Cammack, S.B. Hendricks, D. Hubbard, J. Smith (Canadian Alpine Journal 1951) Source: included with note |