Place names in the Canadian Rockies

Arthur Meighen, Mount

Feature type: Mount
Province: British Columbia
Location: S of headwaters of McLennan River
Latitude: 52°48'00" N
Longitude: 119°32'00" W
NTS map: 83D/13
An official name listed at the BC Geographical Names Information System
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen, 1912

PA-026987
National Archives of Canada

Ontario-born Arthur Meighen (1874-1960) succeeded Robert Borden as Prime Minister in 1920. Meighen was responsible for many measures under which the World War I was prosecuted, including the conglomeration of the Canadian Northern, Grand Trunk, and Grand Trunk Pacific railways as the nationalized Canadian National Railway.


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Comments? Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002