Mount Boucherie
| 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: | W side of Okanagan Lake just NE of Westbank, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°51'13"N, 119°34'52"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bouchier Mountain adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as identified on 1917 map by R.D. McCaw, BCLS (file K.1.36). Form and spelling changed to Mount Boucherie 6 October 1955 on 82E. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Isadore Boucherie, settler c1888. Identified on 1893 Voters List, p.217. Note, however that Crown Grant 4178/55, 27 June 1891, is signed "Isidore Boucherie". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |