Mount Goodall
| 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 of Hobson Lake at NE side of Wells Gray Provincial Park, W of Valemount, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°46'35"N, 120°05'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 June 1966 on 93 A. 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 Trooper Walter Henry Goodall, K 76212, from Macalister (between Williams Lake and Quesnel); serving with the Governor General's Horse Guards, RCAC, when he was killed in action 4 January 1945, age 24. Buried at Villanova Canadian War Cemetery, Ravenna, Italy, grave I. A. 5. Survived by parents Albert Edward and Gertrude Anne Goodall, North Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |