Clairvaux, Mount

Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
SE of Yellowhead Lake
52.8 N 118.4 W — Map 83D/16 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1917 (BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #29)
Name officially adopted in 1928
Official in BC – Canada

“Clairvaux Mountain” adopted in Place Names of Alberta, 1928. Form of name changed to Mount Clairvaux in 1976, as originally labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 29, 1917.
Intended to express its situation at the head of a “clear valley.”

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