| 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: | Between Klinaklini and Silverthrone Glaciers, NW of head of Knight Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°31'01"N, 126°03'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 March 1967 on 92 M. 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 Flight Sergeant John ("Jack") Ernest Fitzgerald, DFM, from New Westminster; serving as an air gunner with 166 Squadron when he was killed in action 17 August 1944, age 19. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mount Dolter, about 4 miles north of here, was named in memory of childhood friend RCAF Pilot Officer "Frank" Dolter; Mount Bradshaw, about 1 mile east of here, was named in memory of another childhood friend Canadian Merchant Navy Cadet Arthur Ronald Bradshaw. The 3 boys attended South Burnaby High School together. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |