| 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: | NW of junction of Scar Creek and Homathko River, SE of Mount Waddington, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°19'15"N, 125°08'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Crenelle Mountain adopted 19 December 1968 on 92N; not "Mount Crenelle" as originally submitted to BC Geographic Division in January 1928 by Don Munday, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer (Ottawa file OBF 1018). Name changed to Grenelle Mountain 1 May 1978 on 92N/6, to conform to entrenched usage. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Crenelle" was so-named by Don Munday because of its likeness to battlements. The spelling "Grenelle", although misconstrued, is firmly entrenched in the mountaineering community, according to April 1978 advice from Dr. Glenn Woodsworth, Geological Survey of Canada and Alpine Club of Canada representative to the Geographical Names Board of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |