La Coulotte Peak
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, SE of Fernie |
| Tags: | World War I |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'00"N, 114°19'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/1 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada 30 March 1917. Position adjusted 6 April 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 91. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Named by interproviicial boundary surveyors after La Coulotte, a place on the outskirts of Lens, France, where Canadian troops were engaged in World War I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |