Mount Breier
| 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: | NE side of Stave Lake, NE of Mission (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'12"N, 122°10'25"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 RCAF Flying Officer Harry Patrick Breier, J38776, of Bradner; serving with 415 Squadron when he was killed 6 January 1945 (circumstances not cited). His name is identified on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK, panel 278. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Breir" in Commonwealth War Graves Commission records. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |