Mount Kranrod
| 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: | NW side of Stave Lake in Golden Ears Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'31"N, 122°18'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 92G/SE. 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 Private Edwin Albert Kranrod, K1787, from Websters Corners (Maple Ridge municipality); serving with Calgary Highlanders, RCIC, when he was killed in action 10 October 1944. Buried at Burgen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, grave 3- C- 4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |