Mount Wellington
| 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: | W side of Queens Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), NE of Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'18"N, 123°56'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1865 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Captain Richards, RN, while surveying these waters in 1860, in association with the adjacent Mount Arthur, after Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), the great Duke of Wellington. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |