Mount Sandes
| 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 side of upper Machmell River near head of Lemolo Creek, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°44'07"N, 126°09'43"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 Sandes 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 Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Officer Charles Richard Sandes, SJ22255, enlisted at Vancouver; serving as a pilot with 428 Squadron when he was killed in action 21 December 1943, age 21. Buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, coll.grave 9, G, 18-20. Survived by parents Charles Lancelot Compton Sandes and Georgie Helen Sandes, Victoria. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |