Mount Hodgkinson
| 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 heads of Kateen and Exchamsiks Rivers on E side of Khutzeymateen Provincial Park, NE of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°37'16"N, 129°33'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1964 on 103I-J. 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 Frank E. Hodgkinson, K10173, from Prince Rupert; killed in action 9 August 1944. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |