Mount Poland
| 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: | S. of Mummery Glacier, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'27"N, 116°48'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 July 1961 on 82N/10. 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 Trooper Herbert J. Poland, K 3860, from Golden; killed in action 9 August 1944. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |