| 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 side of Gray Pass, E of Garibaldi Lake on W side of Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'26"N, 122°55'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Mount Carr (not Copper Peak)" adopted 2 September 1930 on Garibaldi Park map. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the late F.N. Carr, a former executive member of the B.C. Mountaineering Club. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Frank Edward Carr, Vancouver post office clerk and BC Mountaineering Club executive member, who served with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, in Canada, England and France in the Great War, and was killed in action in France 26 April 1915. Carr was born at Ryde, Victoria County, Ontario, 19 December 1886. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Private Frank Edward Carr, 16412, was serving with 7th Bn, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.) at the Ypres Salient when he was killed in action; with no known grave his name is inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 18- 28- 30. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission |