Mount Vallillee
| 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 heads of Machmell and Sheemahant Rivers, SW of S end of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, SE of Bella Coola, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°47'04"N, 126°01'18"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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Mount Vallillee 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 Artillery Gunner John Edward Vallillee, K15193, from Vancouver; died 18 May 1941, age 44 (location and circumstances not cited). Buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, grave 16, 42, 4. Survived by wife Florence Ethel Vallillee, and by parents Mr. and Mrs. Archibald J. Vallillee, all of Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |