Mount Nivelle is a mountain located at the NW end of Elk Lakes Provincial Park in

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. It was named in 1918 after Marshal

Robert Nivelle Robert Georges Nivelle (15 October 1856 – 22 March 1924) was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In May 1916, he succeeded Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Army in the ...

, and is one of the series of mountains there named after French generals of the

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, including Cordonnier, Foch, Joffre, Mangin, Sarrail, and (until recent removal) Pétain.

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Photograph of range with Mt. Nivelle in the middle. Three-thousanders of British Columbia Park Ranges Kootenay Land District {{BritishColumbiaInterior-mountain-stub