Mount MacFarlane
| 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: | Between Chilliwack River and Slesse Mountain, SE of Chilliwack, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'09"N, 121°37'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1955 on 92H/SW. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named to remember RCAF First Lieutenant Ronald E. MacFarlane, D.F.M., J16696, from Chilliwack; killed in action 16 December 1943, age 21. He is buried at Lemsterland (Lemmeer)-General Cemetery, Netherlands, grave C.8.230. Survived by parents John and Phoebe MacFarlane of Chilliwack, B.C. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |