Mount Dudzic
| 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: | N side of head of Anzac River, between McLeod Lake and Tumbler Ridge (municipality), Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°56'21"N, 121°52'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 December 1963 on 93 I/13. 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 Canadian Army Private Albert Dudzic, K50052, enlisted at Prince George; serving with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps when he was killed 28 April 1943, age 20. With no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Halifax Memorial, panel 16. Survived by his mother Anna Vynick Dudzic, of Husavick, Manitoba. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |