Mount Gilliland
Elevation1940 m
Prominence516 m
Parent peakHowling Wolves Peak
RangeSolitude Range
Coordinates55°21′20″N 122°11′55″W
Topo makerNTS
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictPeace River Land District

Mount Gilliland, is a 1,940-metre (6,365-foot) mountain in the Solitude Range, a subrange of the Misinchinka Ranges of the Hart Ranges in northern British Columbia, Canada.[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. ^ 6139.