Caniche Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, S of Yellowhead Pass in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°45'13"N, 118°22'16"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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Adopted 27 Jan 1923 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 28; confirmed 7 February 1951 on 83 D/16. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the resemblance of the summit to a poodle's head, "caniche" being the French word for poodle. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"A.O. Wheeler suggested the name Poodle Peak; subsequently the French word for poodle was chosen to give the name more class." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |