Mount Matkin
| 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, SE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'19"N, 114°13'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1962 on 82 G/1 (file F.1.59). 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 Sergeant Philip Keith Matkin, R131915, from Cardston, Alberta; killed on active duty 29th May 1944, age 24 (circumstances not cited). Buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK, grave 49-E- 9. Survived by parents Henry and Mildred Matkin, Leavitt, Alberta. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |