| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | E of Mount Joffre in Elk Lakes Provincial Park, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'40"N, 115°09'56"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 5 February 1918 by the Geographic Board of Canada, 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 in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, in association with nearby Mount Joffre, after General Noel Marie Joseph Edouard de Castelnau, Viscount of Curiéres, (1851-1944), commander of all French armies in France; he directed the Champagne offensive in 1915, served as General Joffre's chief-of-staff, and in 1916 appointed Gen. Phillipe Pétain to command French armies at the Battle of Verdun. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |