| 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: | NW of junction of Heber and Elk Rivers, W of Upper Campbell Lake at NW end of Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°53'22"N, 125°55'06"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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The location of the survey station occupied by Holmes, DeVoe et al, in 1913 - about 800m south of (and 10m below) the summit of the Mount Heber massif. 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, in memory of his older brother, Heber DeVoe (1882-1912?). See also Mount Judson, named by DeVoe for his father. Tragically, William DeVoe drowned later that season, and is the namesake of Mount DeVoe. "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) Probate records confirming 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 |