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Looking north to Mount Shankland (courtey Allan Schierman)

Mount Shankland

  • 2667 m (8,750ft)
50.3467N -114.817W
Located east of the Elk River Valley and northeast of Aldridge Creek; 1.8 km southwest of Mount MacLaren; 2.2 km northwest of Mount Bolton

Range: High Rock
Province: BC
Headwater: Columbia

The son of Thomas and Wilhelmina Shankland of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Private John Shankland was killed on November 9, 1917 at the age of 19. He was serving with the Canadian Infantry as a member of "A" Company, 20th Batallion, Central Ontario Regiment.