| 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 Lemolo Creek, between Machmell and Sheemahant Rivers E of Rivers Inlet (community), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°47'08"N, 126°17'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Sawitsky was 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 Rifleman Nickolas Sawitsky, K4093, enlisted at Vancouver; serving with Regina Rifle Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 16 August 1944. Rfn. Sawitsky is buried at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave IX. F. 2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Nickolas Sawitsky was born and raised at Dana, Saskatchewan, later moving to Prudhomme, Sask; he re-located to BC a few months before enlisting. (April 2005 advice from family biographer, A. Pearson, Broadview, Sask; no additional biographical information was provided) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |