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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
W side of Ferguson Creek just W of Sunshine Valley (community), SE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
Tags: |
World War II
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Latitude-Longitude: |
49°17'10"N, 121°18'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92H/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 7 April 1955 on 92H/SW.
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 Richard Leslie Coulter, SJ7022, from Sardis; killed in action 17 December 1942, age 24. F/O Coulter has been serving with 104 Sqn in the Mediterranean theatre when his aircraft failed to return from an air operation; with no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Malta Memorial, panel 4, column 1.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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