Mount Pelletier
| 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°36'04"N, 126°01'34"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 Pelletier 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 Joseph Pelletier, K76741, enlisted at Vancouver; serving with 8 Field Rgmt, Royal Canadian Artillery when he was killed in action 24 May 1944, age 34. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, grave IV, D, 17. Survived by parents Arthur and Marie Pelletier, St. Boniface, Manitoba. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |