| 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: | Just NE of Mount Waddington, NW of junction of Mosley Creek and Homathko River, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°23'37"N, 125°14'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1928 on Ottawa file OBF 1018, as suggested by Don Munday because of its' proximity to Tiedemann Creek and Glacier (file M.1.27). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1926 by mountaineer Don Munday while leading a climbing party to Mystery Mountain (today's Mount Waddington). See Tiedemann Creek and Tiedemann Glacier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First ascent 9 July 1939, credited to E.R. Gibson, Henry S. Hall Jr, Sterling Hendricks and Hans Fuhrer. (Canadian Alpine Journal 1939, pp.7,8.) Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |