Mount Swiderski
| 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: | Just NW of Mount Cadorna on W side Elk Lakes Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°28'11"N, 115°09'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1964 on 82J/SW-SE. 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 RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Swiderski, R60293, from Fernie. Serving with the 9th Sqn, age 22, when his plane was shot down 12 June 1942; all crew presumed dead. With no known grave, Sergeant Swiderski's name is engraved on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, panel 107. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |