Mount Stephenson
| 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: | Between heads of Le Moray and Beaudette Creeks, SW of Chetwynd, Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°24'53"N, 122°17'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 20 November 1965 on 93O/8. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Corporal Harry Stephenson, M54421, from Kilkerran (near Dawson Creek); serving with 10 Field Sqn, Royal Canadian Engineers, when he was killed in action 11 September 1944, age 31. Cpl. Stephenson is buried at Gradara War Cemetery, Italy, grave I, G, 15. Survived by parents Charles and Hannah Stephenson, Kilkerran. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |