Mount Learn
| 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: | Between heads of Sheemahant and Machmell Rivers, SW of S end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, SE of Bella Coola, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°47'49"N, 126°03'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Learn 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 RCAF Flying Officer Robert Bradford Learn, J26620, from New Westminster; serving as Air Gunner with 434 Squadron when he was killed in action 13 June 1944, age 24. Buried at Givenchy-en-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, France, grave 1. Survived by parents Dr. Cecil Royden Learn, MD, and Elenore Mae Learn, New Westminster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |