Mount Clairvaux
| 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, SE of Yellowhead Pass in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°48'20"N, 118°25'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clairvaux Mountain adopted in Place Names of Alberta, 1928; confirmed 7 February 1951. Form of name changed to Mount Clairvaux 4 November 1976, as originally labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #29, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Intended to express its situation at the head of a "clear valley". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |