Mount Rosseau
| 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: | E end of Mount Septimus, S side Price Creek at S end of Strathcona Provincial Park, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'43"N, 125°30'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 July 1955 on 92F/5, as recommended by W.R. Young, BC representative to the Geographic Board of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Ralph Rosseau, a widely-known and respected elementary school principal in Port Alberni and a noted mountaineer; killed in a climbing accident on Mount Septimus 3 July 1954. (obituary & photograph in West Coast Advocate, 8 July 1954, file T.1.43) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |