Milburn Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between heads of Misinchinka and Burnt Rivers, SE of Pine Pass, SW of Chetwynd, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°15'29"N, 122°21'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 November 1965 on 93O/8. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember RCAF Flying Officer Philip Giles Milburn, J23416, from Prince George; serving as a pilot with 550 (RAF) Squadron when he was killed in action 23 April 1944, age 23. F/O Milburn is buried at Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium, grave 5. E. 18. Survived by parents George and Amy Milburn, Prince George. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |