| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of Wedgemount Lake, NE of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°10'09"N, 122°47'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1930, as labelled on A.J.Campbell's 1928 map of Garibaldi Park. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by the Garibaldi Park Board after their chairman, J.W. Weart, appointed 1927; former member of the Provincial Legislature and Speaker of the House at Victoria. "An outstanding figure of public spirit who has taken a leading part in matters of public welfare." Note that the feature was already well-known as Armchair Mountain before the Garibaldi Park Board was established, and continues to be best-known and recognized in the mountaineering community as Armchair Mountain, or simply "The Armchair". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Elevation 9,300 feet. Straddles the boundary between New Westminster Land District and Lillooet Land District. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |