Bastille Mountain
| 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: | Just inside BC-Alberta boundary, N of Intersection Mountain, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°52'19"N, 120°01'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 38. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by boundary surveyors in 1923, presumably referring to the impregnable aspect of the feature; an extremely steep shale slope extends almost 3 miles from Bastille Mountain to Wallbridge Mountain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |