Mount Bohan
| 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: | Head of Arrow Creek, NE of Creston, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°18'30"N, 116°29'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 8 February 1963 on 82F/SE. Also Bohan Creek. 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 Private John Herbert Bohan, K71329, from Kitchener, BC; serving with the Seaforth Highlanders in Italy when he was killed in action 20 September 1944, age 27. Buried at Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy, grave IX- G- 9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |