Peak on Mount Seymour to be named after former NSR leader Tim Jones

A man who helped rescue over 1,600 people from danger in the North Shore mountains will be memorialized on one of the very peaks he spent so much time on.

Tim Jones, who led North Shore Rescue for decades before his sudden death in 2014, will have a peak on Mount Seymour named after him, B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced Friday.

"A hero is someone who runs toward danger when everyone else runs away. Countless times, Tim Jones headed out into the dark and the cold to help people in B.C.'s rugged backcountry," said Clark in a statement. 

"Moms, dads, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters are alive today because of Tim's selflessness and dedication."

The peak being named after Jones was previous known as Second Pump Peak, and has an elevation of 1,425 metres.

Jones, who was 57 when he died, worked as an advanced life support paramedic and as Paramedic in Charge for the B.C. Ambulance Service in North Vancouver, along with volunteer leadership of North Shore Rescue.

The organization, one of the largest search and rescue operations in Canada, has long relied on donations to provide free rescue services for anyone lost or in danger on the mountains in North and West Vancouver.

The rescuer's daughter, Taylor Jones, said her family is grateful for the way Jones is being honoured.

"Our family will hike and ski tour to Tim Jones Peak frequently and be reminded of how lucky we were to spend part of our lives with such a caring, empathetic, compassionate and adventurous father who has left such a positive legacy of volunteerism in British Columbia," she said.

With files from The Canadian Press