Mount Cordonnier
| 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, N of Mount Joffre in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°32'59"N, 115°13'49"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 in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #10, 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 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after General Victor Louis Cordonnier, commander of French forces on the Salonika Front (a.k.a. Macedonian Front), the Allied forces attempt to prevent the fall of Serbia, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |