| Mount Ardern | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Ardern | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,360 m (7,740 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 51°25′09″N126°13′07″W / 51.41917°N 126.21861°W [2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Range 2 Coast Land District [2] |
| Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 92M8 Catto Creek [2] |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | Volcanic rock [1] |
Mount Ardern is a mountain in Range 2 Coast Land District of British Columbia, Canada. It is located southwest of Silverthrone Mountain and east of the Kingcome Glacier at the head the Kingcome River. [2] Like Mount Squire a short distance to the northwest, Mount Ardern consists of loose volcanic rock. [1] [2] It has an elevation of 2,360 m (7,740 ft), making Mount Ardern 20 m (66 ft) lower than Mount Squire. [1] The name of the mountain was adopted on the National Topographic System map 92M on March 28, 1967. [2]
Mount Ardern is named after James Charles Ardern, a Canadian Army lance corporal from New Westminster who was killed in action on October 3, 1944, while serving with the South Saskatchewan Regiment during World War II. [2] Ardern is buried in the Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery in North Brabant of the Netherlands. At the time of his death, Arden was survived by his parents James Charles and Gertrude Ardern. [2]