Mount Ardern
| 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: | SW of Silverthrone Mountain, E of Kingcome Glacier at head of Kingcome River, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°25'09"N, 126°13'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 March 1967 on 92M. 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 Lance Corporal James Charles Ardern, K363, from New Westminster; serving with South Saskatchewan Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 3 October 1944, age 25. Buried at Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, grave 8.C.3. Survived by parents James Charles and Gertrude Ardern, New Westminster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |