Mount Mangin
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, just N of Mount Joffre in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°32'29"N, 115°13'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 9, surveyed in 1916, published 1917. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after General Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin (1866-1925), commander of French Armies, who won honours in the 2nd Battle of Artois - "The Labyrinth" - May 1915, and further distinguished himself the following year at the 2nd Battle of Verdun. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |