Mount Rogan
| 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: | SE of junction of Killippi Creek and Machmell River, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°35'54"N, 126°10'52"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 Rogan adopted 28 May 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 Rifleman Edward Michael Rogan, K65236, enlisted at Vancouver; serving with Regina Rifle Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 9 July 1944, age 20. Buried at Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France, grave II, E, 15. Survived by parents James B. and Bridget Rogan, Dromara, County Down, Northern Ireland. Before enlisting, Rogan had been an amateur boxing champion, North-West Pacific region. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |