| 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: | NE of Kamloops, between Paul and Heffley Lakes, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°48'06"N, 120°07'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on Ottawa file OBF 0856, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1E, 1915, and on Dominion Sectional sheet 111, Kamloops, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lolo was an important interpreter and right-hand man to John Tod, Hudson's Bay Company's chief factor at Fort Kamloops 1841-43. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Jean Baptiste Lolo - a respected Shuswap Chief of Iroquois and French-Canadian descent; he was nicknamed "St. Paul" because of his admiration for the saint (and likely the origin of the "St.Paul" names in the vicinity of Kamloops.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |