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Mount Boucherie is a mountain located in West Kelowna on the west shore of Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada, opposite the city of Kelowna. It is the remnants of a former stratovolcano created nearly 60 million years ago. Between four and six different glacial periods over the past 50 million years have eroded the volcano to produce Mount Boucherie. Though it now only rises 417 metres above the nearby lake level, it is estimated to once have had an elevation of or more.〔 ==Origin of the name== Mount Boucherie is named after Isadore Boucherie, a farmer, stock-raiser, and an early settler to both Rutland and the west side of the lake. In the late 1880s, Isadore purchased the land which is still known today as ''Boucherie Ranch'', and the mountain behind the ranch still carries his name. Other names for the mountain are also documented in various historical documents: * ''Mount Edgar'', named after Edgar Dewdney, a former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.〔 It is uncertain how common this name may have been, or when it ceased to be used. * ''Mount Bouchier'', or ''Bouchier Mountain'', named after ''Isadore Bouchier'' * ''Mount Boucherie'', named after ''E. Boucherie'', not Isadore Boucherie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Boucherie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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