Mount Hammel
| 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: | N. of Isaac Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°29'00"N, 120°56'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 September 1969 on 93H/7. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Sergeant James Shannon Hammel, M15887, from Snowshoe, BC; serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 5 August 1943, age 41. Sgt. Hammel is buried at Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily, grave B, H, 248. Survived by wife Horah Mary Shannon-Hammel, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and by parents Isaiah and Isabella Hammel. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |