Mount Liddell
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Gambier Island, in Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°29'56"N, 123°25'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 March 1949 on C.3586. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Flying Officer John Raymond Liddell, J43745, from Vancouver; serving with 58 Squadron when his plane went down off the coast of Norway 26 April 1945, age 20. With no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK, panel 279. Liddell was born in Wallosey, England, and grew up in Vancouver, spending many childhood summers on Gambier Island; survived by parents Robert Roberts Liddell and Ottilie Anna Liddell, Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |