Mount Artaban
| 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: | SE side of Gambier Island, in Howe Sound opposite Lions Bay (community), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'02"N, 123°20'25"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 10 December 1929 on 92 G/6. (file B.3.26) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Reverend A.T.F. Holmes, Vicar of Lulu Island, after the Church of England's "Camp Artaban" which is located across the bay at the head of Port Graves, in turn named after Artaban, the main character in Henry Van Dyke's book "The Other Wise Man". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |