Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland is located in British Columbia
Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland
British Columbia, Canada
Mount Gilliland is located in Canada
Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland
Mount Gilliland (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation1,940 m (6,360 ft)
Prominence516 m (1,693 ft)
Parent peakHowling Wolves Peak
Coordinates55°21′20″N 122°11′55″W / 55.35556°N 122.19861°W / 55.35556; -122.19861
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictPeace River Land District
Parent rangeSolitude Range
Topo mapNTS 93O8 Le Moray Creek

Mount Gilliland, is a 1,940-metre (6,365 ft) mountain in the Solitude Range of the Hart Ranges in Northern British Columbia.[1]

Named for Canadian Army Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Norman Walter Gilliland, originally from Bowden, Alberta but enlisted at Dawson Creek, British Columbia; serving with 3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, attached to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division when he died 29 September 1944, age 44.[2] He is buried in Wijnegem Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

References

  1. "Mount Gilliland". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. "Mount Gilliland". BC Geographical Names.
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