Mount Gatey
| 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: | W side of Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°22'20"N, 122°23'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 July 1957 on 92G/SE. 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 Private Peter Gatey, K100074, from Port Hammond, serving with the Westminster Regiment (Motors), RCIC, when he was killed in action 2 September 1944, age 23. Pte Gatey is buried at Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy, grave III- E- 11; survived by his parents Michael and Mary Gatey, Walpole, Saskatchewan. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |