| 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: | E of Cheakamus Lake at head of Fitzsimmons Glacier, SE of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°00'49"N, 122°48'23"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 2 September 1930 on Garibaldi Park Map, as labelled on A.J. Campbell's 1928 map of the Park, in association with Fitzsimmons Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the prospector who first investigated and worked a small mine at the source of [Fitzsimmons] creek. Also Fitzsimmons Glacier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After James Fitzsimmons, prospector, who staked a copper claim near the creek c1900 and had a cabin in Singing Creek (Avalanche) Pass between Fitzsimmons Creek and Cheakamus Lake. First ascent credited to a BC Mountaineering Club party, 19 August 1924. (from Avalanche Echoes by Alex. Philip, June 1943) [see also Fitzsimmons Creek for a slight variation about the namesake.] Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File ("the Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |