Mount Thelwood
| 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: | Just N of Moyeha Mountain, SW of S end of Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°32'19"N, 125°43'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 92F/12; submitted in 1938 by N.C. Stewart, BCLS, as a new name in association with nearby Thelwood and Upper Thelwood Lakes. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Thelwood and Upper Thelwood Lakes were labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, likely named for Thelma Wood, wife of then-MLA J.G. Cory Wood (Alberni) who had toured the park in 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |