Mount Leman
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary just N of Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War I |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'01"N, 115°24'47"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 23 February 1918 by the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #11, 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, after General Gérard Leman, a commander in the Belgian Army and defender of Liège, Belgium, August 1914; General Leman was taken prisoner of war and held in Germany until the end of World War I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |