Mount Storry
| 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 Kilippi and Pashleth Glaciers, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°33'24"N, 126°11'38"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 Storry 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 Sapper Clifford H. Storry, K73830, enlisted at Vancouver; serving with 7 Field Co,pany, Royal Canadian Engineers, when he was killed in action 26 August 1944. Buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France, grave XVII, E, 8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |