Mount Witts
| 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: | N of Silverthrone Mountain on N side of Kilippi Glacier, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°35'34"N, 126°08'43"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 Witts 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 RCAF Flight Sergeant David Douglas Witts, R122133, from Vancouver; born in Manitoba and moved to Vancouver with his family in the mid-1930s; serving as Air Bomber with 434 Squadron when he was killed in action 7 September 1943, age 21. Buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, grave 7- E- 13. Survived by parents Bernard and Flossie Witts, Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |