| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW end of Elk Lakes Provincial Park, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'06"N, 115°10'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #9, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by interprovincial boundary surveyors, "After General R.G. Nivelle, France." Source: 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1919, Ottawa) |
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"Named for Robert Georges Nivelle (1856 - 1924), who preceeded Pétain at Verdun and went on to command the French Armies of the North. He was relieved of duty after suffering a major loss in the spring of 1917." (Place Names in Elk Lakes Provincial Park, manuscript by A. Simpson, park ranger, August 2001) Source: included with note |