Mount Gilliland

Mount Gilliland, is a 1,940-metre (6,365 ft) mountain in the Solitude Range of the Hart Ranges in Northern British Columbia.[1]

Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland
British Columbia, Canada
Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation1,940 m (6,360 ft)
Prominence516 m (1,693 ft)
Parent peakHowling Wolves Peak
Coordinates55°21′20″N 122°11′55″W
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeSolitude Range
Topo mapNTS 93O/8

Named for Canadian Army Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Norman Walter Gilliland, from Dawson Creek; serving with 3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, attached to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division when he died 29 September 1944, age 44.[2] He is buried in Wijnegem Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

References

  1. "Mount Gilliland". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. "BC Geographical Names". apps.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
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