Mount Swordy
| 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: | SW of head of Machmell River, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°42'42"N, 126°00'43"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 Swordy 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 Private Robert Robinson Swordy, K52969, from Kelowna; serving with Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in the Siciliy campaign when he was killed in action 21 July 1943. Buried at Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily, grave D, G, 487. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |