Ex-Coelis Mountains.

Originally named Kadoona Mountain by Mary Schäffer, a corruption of the Stoney name Kedonnaha Tinda (Meadow of the Winds), today known as the Kootenay Plains.
In 1994 changed by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to honor the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. Ex Coelis is Latin for Out of the Clouds, which is their motto.
Thethe five peaks of Ex Coelis Mountain were assigned individual names. Normandy Peak, Ardennes Peak, and Rhine Peak were named for World War II battles in which the battalion participated.

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