| 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 of Gold Lake near head of Heber River, at NW end of Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'22"N, 125°55'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 2 January 1923 on Strathcona Park Map #85. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Mts. Judson and Heber...were climbed and named by the late William F. DeVoe who was my assistant on the work..." (letter from W.J.H.Holmes, BCLS to F.V.Longstaff, 24 March 1924, BC Archives manuscript F.V.Longstaff #677, V.405, #317) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by William Fowler DeVoe, BCLS, a member of the 1913 survey party in Strathcona Park, after his father, William Judson DeVoe, a salesman with Jardine & Co, living at Hampton, NB. DeVoe also named Mount Heber for his brother. In a twist of fate, William DeVoe drowned a few weeks later, while still on the survey, and Mount DeVoe was named in his memory. Probate records that confirm given & family names supplied January 1995 by Lindsay Elms, Strathcona Park Lodge (file B.1.38) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |