Quéant 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 SW of Mount Spring-Rice on BC-Alberta boundary, N of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°00'28"N, 117°14'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83C/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 February 1920 as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 21, surveyed in 1918-19. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ater the village in France captured by Canadian Troops 2 September 1918. First ascent credited to Miss K. Gardiner, Miss L. Gest, Edward Fenz & Christian Haesler 3 August 1937 (Canadian Alpine Journal, 1937, p.24). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |