Courcelette 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: | E of head of Fording River, just NE of Elkford, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°17'27"N, 114°48'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918 by the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #7, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. 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 in Pas-de-Calais, France, recaptured from the Germans by Canadian troops in September 1916. This battle was the first time tanks were used in warfare, and was also the debut of Canadian troops on the Somme battlefield. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |