Mount Aylmer
| 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 of Fraser Narrows, West Arm Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°34'28"N, 116°59'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 18 September 1980 on 82 F/10, as submitted by Miss Allison Holt of Balfour. (file K.2.50). 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 Matthew Aylmer, K65654, son of Hon. Basil Aylmer and Mrs. Aylmer from Queens Bay; serving with the Canadian Scottish Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 1 July 1944, age 27. Buried at Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France, grave VII- B- 14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |