Arras 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: | NE of junction of Icefall Brook and Valenciennes River, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°48'33"N, 117°04'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 19. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Commemorates the battlefield of Arras, Pas de Calais, France, where Canadians fought in the first battle April 1917, and in the second battle August 1918." (17th Report, GBC) Source: 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1922, Ottawa) |