Valenciennes 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 at head of Valenciennes River, E of head of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°48'49"N, 117°00'08"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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Valenciennes Mountain adopted 3 February 1920 on Ottawa file OBF 0478, not "Mons Mountain" as submitted in November 1919 by A.O. Wheeler, DLS, nor "Givenchy Mountain" as suggested by a Geographic Board of Canada executive committee member. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the French town, captured by the Allies and entered by Canadian Expeditionary Force Troops on 2 November 1918. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |