Mount McNair
| 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: | SE side of Harrison Lake between headwaters of Talc and Bear Creeks, N of Chilliwack, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'59"N, 121°39'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1955 on 92H/SW. 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 Nathaniel Wesley McNair, R166512, from Chilliwack; serving as Air Bomber with 460 (RAAF) Squadron when he was killed in action 26 November 1943, age 26. Buried at Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Germany grave 1- C- 12. Survived by parents Nathaniel James David and Jennie McNair, Chilliwack. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |