Mount Clemenceau

British Columbia. mount
Just inside BC-Alberta boundary, E of Wood Arm Kinbasket Lake
52.2475 N 117.9578 W — Map 083C04 — GoogleGeoHackBivouac
Name officially adopted in 1961
Official in BCTopo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Elevation: 3657 m
Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was a French political figure. Known as “The Tiger,” he served twice as premier of France (1906-1901, 1917-1920) and was instrumental in writing the terms of the Versailles Treaty.

In 1892 Arthur Philemon Coleman [1852–1939] called this peak Pyramid Mountain. The current name was bestowed in 1919 by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission .

References:

  • Putnam, William Lowell [1924–2014]; Boles, Glendon Webber [1934–2022]; Laurilla, Roger W. [1959–]. Placenames of the Canadian Alps. Revelstoke, B.C.: Footprint, 1990. Internet Archive

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