4021 BC-3 |
British Columbia Tourism Region : Kootenay Rockies
Description From Owner:
- Kitchener - After Horatio Herbert Kitchener, first Earl Kitchener (1850-1916). In 1896 he commenced the reconquest of the Sudan, avenging the death of General Gordon.
- He was Commander-in-Chief in South Africa during the last phase of the Boer War and later in India. He became Secretary of State for War in 1914 and died in 1916 when HMS Hampshire was sunk while en route to Russia.
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
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