Mount Bracey
| 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 of junction of Crocker Creek and Anzac River, E of McLeod Lake (community), Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°54'17"N, 122°06'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93J/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 October 1965 on 93 J/15. 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 Corporal Charles William Bracey, K45465, from South Fort George; serving with Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C. when he was killed in action 15 August 1944, age 23. Cpl Bracey is buried at Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, Calvados, France, grave III. A. 5. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |