Mount Ovington
| 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 of Gray Pass in Kakwa Provincial Park, E of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°08'36"N, 120°34'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 16 January 1967 on 93I. Also Ovington Creek. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Private Roy Edward Ovington, K76223, from Aleza Lake, BC; serving with South Saskatchewan Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 28 August 1944, age 19; buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave XIX.E.7. Pte. Ovington is survived by parents John and Sarah Ovington, Aleza Lake. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |