Mount Whitford Explained

Mount Whitford
Elevation M:1987
Prominence M:583
Range:Misinchinka Ranges
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Cariboo Land District
Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Label Position:left
Coordinates:54.8678°N -121.8719°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Topo Maker:NTS

Mount Whitford is a 1986m (6,516feet) mountain in the Misinchinka Ranges of the Hart Ranges in the Northern Rocky Mountains.[2]

It was named to remember Canadian Army Private Roy Whitford, K50054, enlisted at Prince George, BC, serving with the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps when he was killed 28 April 1943, age 21. The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps was established in 1942 as an administrative corps to oversee the needs of the infantry regiments, as well as provide a holding organization for trained recruits that had not yet been assigned to a unit as well as staff for training centres in Canada.[3] Location of death currently unknown. With no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Halifax Memorial, panel 16.[4]

Notes and References

  1. JBNHS. Mount Whitford. 25 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Mount Whitford. peakvisor.com. en. 29 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Canadian Infantry Corps. Canadian Soldiers. 29 May 2020.
  4. Mount Whitford. 22059. 29 May 2020.