On 4 September 1949, WO II Thomas C. Poelzer fell to his death while a member of an Army Survey Establishment survey party descending a mountain from Survey Station Sheep in the Cassiar District of British Columbia. On 6 May 1954, a 2,169-metre peak three kilometres north-west of the accident site was named Mount Poelzer.
Type
Mount Poelzer
Dease Lake, British Columbia
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Location
Mount Poelzer
Mount Poelzer
Dease Lake
British Columbia
Mount Poelzer
Mount Poelzer
Dease Lake
British Columbia
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 57.8234322
Long. -130.0741566
Lat. 57.8234322
Long. -130.0741566