Hollebeke 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary S of Corbin, SE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War I |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°22'36"N, 114°34'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1917 and published in the 16th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1919. The name is applied to elevation 8181' in the vicinity of 49º23' - 114º34' on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after the village of Hollebeke southeast of Ypres, Belgium, where Canadian troops were engaged in World War I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |