Mount Goslin
| 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: | W side of Swiftcurrent Creek, just NW of Mount Robson (locality) at NW end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°03'08"N, 119°25'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 March 1965 on 83E/3. 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 Earl William Goslin, M104002, from Tête Jaune Cache; serving with the Westminster Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 16 December 1944; buried in the Villanova Canadian War Cemetery, Italy, grave V- A- 10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |