| 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 Lions Bay (community) on E side of Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'30"N, 123°11'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 February 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A579, 1860 and on BC map 2B, 1914. Elevation 5,865 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named about 1859 by Captain Richard, HMS Plumper, after Captain John Harvey (1740 - 1794), captain of HMS Brunswick, 98 guns, in the battle of the "Glorious First of June", 1794, and died soon thereafter of wounds incurred..... (see Walbran for a complete biography) See also Brunswick Mountain. Source: Walbran, John T; "British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History"; published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |