Mount Lomas
| 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 Machmell River and head of Klinaklini Glacier, NW of head of Knight Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°36'50"N, 126°02'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Lomas 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 Gunner Frederick Samuel Lomas, K24159, enlisted at Vancouver. Gnr Lomas was serving with 5 Anti-Tank Rgmt, Royal Canadian Artillery, in the advance from Normandy to close the Falaise Gap when he was killed in action 19 August 1944. Buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, grave XVIII, A, 14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |