Mount Reesor
| 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: | E of headwaters of Bullmoose Creek in Tumbler Ridge (municipality), Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°03'59"N, 121°25'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1961 on 93P. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember RCAF Pilot Officer Robert D. Reesor, SJ16023, from Pouce Coupe; serving with 402 Squadron when his aircraft failed to return from a mission over Europe 2 October 1942. With no known grave, P/O Reesor's name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK, panel 101. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |