Mount Merrick
| 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: | N side of upper Sukunka River, W of Tumber Ridge District Municipality, Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°10'58"N, 121°55'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1961 on 93 P/4 (file G.1.59) 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 Corporal Keith Warren Merrick, M54470, from Pouce Coupe; serving in Italy with 10 Field Sqn, Royal Canadian Engineers when he was killed in action, 25 May 1944. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, grave XIII, D, 1. Survived by wife Grace Merrick. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |