Mount Leighton
| 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 upper Ksi Hlginx (Ishkheenickh River), SE of Nass Bay, N of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°43'16"N, 129°26'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/11 |
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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 RCAF Flight Sergeant James A. Leighton, R1464T5, from Prince Rupert; killed in action 18 August 1943. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |