| 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 side of Twentysix Mile Creek, on E boundary of Skagit Valley Provincial Park, SE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°08'44"N, 121°04'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1955 on 92H/SW. 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 brothers RCAF Pilot Officer Vincent Leslie Brice and RCAF Flight Lieutenant Francis Thomas Sargent Brice, from Chilliwack: P/O Brice, J15860, was serving as Air Gunner with 10 (RAF) Squadron, when he was killed 15 January 1942 and buried at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Leeming, Yorkshire, UK, grave G, 4; F/L Brice was serving as a Pilot with 408 Squadron when he was killed in action 13 June 1944 and buried at the Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Cambrai, France, grave 2, G, 5-7. The brothers are survived by their parents S. Leslie and Frances H. Brice, Chilliwack. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |