Mount Halvorson
| 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 side of Milk River, W of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°15'31"N, 120°34'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 March 1965 on 93H. 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 Trooper Frank Halvorson, H45935, from McBride; serving with the 27th Armoured Regiment, Sherbrook Fusiliers, RCAC, when he was killed in action 29 October 1944. Tpr Halvorson is buried at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, grave 8, D, 7. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |