Mount Gilliland | |
Map: | British Columbia#Canada |
Elevation M: | 1940 |
Prominence M: | 516 |
Parent Peak: | Howling Wolves Peak |
Range: | Solitude Range |
Coordinates: | 55.3556°N -122.1986°W |
Topo Maker: | NTS |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
District: | Peace River Land District |
Mount Gilliland, is a 19400NaN0 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.