Mount Bohnet
| 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: | S side Sheemahant River, E of Owikeno Lake and Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°44'59"N, 126°10'39"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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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 Sergeant Ernest Arnold Bohnet, K41245, from Vancouver; serving with 30 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps when he was killed in action 17 February 1945. Buried at Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium, grave V- B- 65. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |