Mount Willoughby
| 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 upper Lemolo Creek and Machmell River, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°42'13"N, 126°17'39"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 Willoughby 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 2nd Lieutenant Maurice Henry Willoughby, from New Westminster; serving with Westminster Regiment (Motors), RCIC, when he died 28 July 1941, age 32 (location and circumstances not cited). Buried at Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby. Survived by wife Muriel E. Willoughby, and by parents James and Ada Willoughby, all of New Westminster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |