| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of junction of Stikine and Scud Rivers, SW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°22'05"N, 131°41'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 1st Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898. Re-approved 6 May 1954 on 104G. Elevation of 5866 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in late May 1863 by American scientist Willliam P. Blake, who accompanied Russian naval lieutenant Pereleshin's exploration party up the Stikine River. Blake's journal is the only account of the trip up the river. The party left the Stikine Estuary 23 May 1863, and their 7th camp was in sight of this cone-shaped mountain; Blake named the mountain the following day, as the party passed it on their ascent of the Stikine. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |