Mount Harvey

This mountain was named in 1949 in honour of Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC. Born in Ireland in 1880, Lt. (later Brigadier) Harvey was a resident of Fort Macleod, Alberta. He served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. On 27 March 1917, at Guyencourt, France, during an attack by the regiment, the leading troop, commanded by Lt. Harvey, had suffered heavy casualties from rapid fire at close range. He was riding in front of his men when he came upon a wired trench containing a machine-gun and a strong garrison. He at once swung from his saddle and ran straight for the trench, jumped the wire, shot the gunner and captured the gun. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts.