| 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 of Cheakamus Lake at N end of Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°00'13"N, 122°48'53"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 92G and 92J, as labelled on A.J. Campbell's 1928 survey map of Garibaldi Park. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Suggested by myself and Chas T. Townsend while on a two-weeks climbing trip in September 1923: Mount Diavolo and Mount Angelo... the 'heavenly twins' so-called because of the sudden change of weather the day they were first ascended." (24 October 1927 letter from Neal M. Carter, file G.1.28) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Diavolo Peak named by Charles T. Townsend and Neal M. Carter, who made the first ascent 18 September 1923. Diavolo is an Italian word, meaning "devil"; so-named because of the steep rotten arête and the blackish rock. They named its companion or subsidiary peak "Angelo" because it looked easy to climb, and angelic by comparison. First ascent of Angelo Peak credited to BC Mountaineering Club party, 15 August 1924. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |