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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NW side of Lakelse Lake, just S of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
54°24'21"N, 128°36'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
103I/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 2 June 1950 on 103I/7, as labelled on Department of National Defence sheet, Kitimat-Kitsumgallum, 1943.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Apparently named after Peter Hermon of Port Essington, who was a Liberal candidate for Skeena, 1903, as relayed to Philip Monckton, BCLS.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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