Mount Huth
| 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 Klinaklini Glacier and upper Machmell River, E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°34'39"N, 126°06'26"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 Hugh 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 Private Theodore Huth, K606720, from Vancouver. Pte. Huth was serving with the Westminster Regiment (Motors), RCIC, when he was killed in action 15 April 1945, age 37; buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, grave XV, A, 4; survived by parents William and Anna Huth, Creston, BC. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |