Mount Kinney
| 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: | On the divide between Cariboo and Peace River Land Districts, NE of McLeod Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°05'57"N, 122°10'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Kinney adopted 5 November 1965 on 93O. 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 Gunner Albert Lloyd Kinney, K76810, from Prince George; serving with 3 Lt. A.A.Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery when he was killed in action 8 August 1944, age 26. Buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, grave VI, F, 11. Survived by parents Milo J. and Florence A. Kinney, South Fort George. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |