Surprise Mountain
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: N side of lower Iskut River below Hoodoo River and Glacier, NE of Stikine (locality), Cassiar Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 56°47'23"N, 131°28'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 104B/14
Origin Notes and History:

Mount Surprise adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 311A, Stikine River, as submitted by geologist F.A. Kerr (file S.2.30,
Ottawa file 1274). Form of name changed to Surprise Mountain 20 January 1955 on 104B. Origin/significance not provided.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office