| 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: | BC-Alberta boundary, N of head of Lyell Creek, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°58'23"N, 117°08'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #20, 1918. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"After the village about six miles southeast of Lens [France], in commemoration of the fighting that took place there." Source: 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1922, Ottawa) |
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Named in 1918 by interprovincial boundary surveyors. The village of Oppy in northern France had been captured by the Germans in 1914; the third battle of the Scarpe, 3 - 5 May 1917, was fought in this vicinity and claimed the lives of many Canadian soldiers. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |