Mount Smee
| 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: | E of junction of Kilippi Creek and Machmell River, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°37'05"N, 126°13'23"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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Adopted 28 March 1967 on map 92M. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office, file R.1.54 & M.3.73. |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Trooper Paul Meridith Smee, K 913, from Vancouver; serving with 9th Armoured Rgmt, British Columbia Dragoon, RCAC, when he was killed in action 25 May 1944, age 27. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, grave V, J, 5. Survived by parents Harry and Dora Annie Smee, Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |