| 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 junction of Parapet Creek and Blaeberry River, NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°43'28"N, 116°37'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Barbette Mountain adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as named in 1917 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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Text mis-applied on 82 N/10 editions 1, 2 & 3. Coordinates corrected 31 March 1993, to conform to the location of "Mount Barbette" as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 17, and identified in the interprovincial boundary commission's accompanying report (Part II, p.11). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A name inspired by the Great War: "Descriptive of the two high platform peaks which rise from the mass of the mountain." Source: 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1924, Ottawa) |
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"Barbette (French for platform): a mound of earth, or a platform in a fort or ship, often especially protected, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet." (Oxford dictionary) Source: included with note |
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First ascent credited to H.S. Kingham and J.M. Thorington, guided by Conrad Kain, 1933. (American Alpine Journal) Source: included with note |