Mount Calli
| 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: | S of Silverthrone Mountain, N of head of Kingcome River, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°29'19"N, 126°06'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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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 Private Kenneth Calli, K546, from North Vancouver; serving with Canadian Scottish Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action 15 August 1944, age 28. Buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave XVII- A- 13. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |