| 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: | S of Mount Reynolds in the Missinchinka Ranges, E of McLeod Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°01'05"N, 122°22'32"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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Adopted 5 November 1965 on 93 O/1. 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 Lieut. John Alexander Aitken, of Prince George, killed in action 27 August 1944, age 27. Aitken enlisted the day Canada declared war in September 1939; transferred to Prince Rupert and trained as an Artillery Officer; volunteered to be transferred to the British Army in May 1944; killed his first day in action, while crossing the Seine River. (November 1993 letter from his widow, Josephine, file M.2.57). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission indicates that Lieut. Aitken was serving with the 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders, RCIC, when he was killed. Buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetry, Calvados, France, Grave XXVIII. F. 4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |