| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Cheakamus Lake, SE of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'06"N, 122°50'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 August 1965 on 92J, as submitted in December 1964 by the Fitzsimmons Names Committee (UBC's Varsity Outdoors Club; Karl Ricker, Neal Carter et al), file P.1.65, p.9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive: this mountain is made up of red slate which can be readily split into thin plates or slabs of uniform thickness; this property is known as "fissility" in geological terminology. (1964 explanation from Fitzsimmons Naming Committee) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This summit to the west of Overlord Mtn is identified as "Red Mt - 7700 ft." on a sketch by Neal M.Carter entitled "Mountains around head of Fitzsimmons Valley from above the Cabin, Sept. 17, 1923 on the way to Whistler." (October 2011 advice from Whistler Museum & Archives, accession # WMA_P88_028 CARTER.tif) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |