| 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: | SE side of Strathcona Provincial Park, S of Rees Ridge, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'32"N, 125°23'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92F/11 as submitted July 1935 by Ben Hughes, publisher, Comox Argus (file F.2.34) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Descriptive. The mountain was climbed in 1931 by local climbers Geoff Capes and Jack Gregson; they left a note in a cairn at the summit naming it "The Pillar". (Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...the highest peak in the glacier region, which was first climbed on August 1, 1931. The party of which I was one, did not wish to call the peak after one of our number so left the request in the cairn we erected that is should be called "The Pillar." There are many other Pillars so may I suggest that it be called The Red Pillar as it is of distinctly reddish rock." (July 1935 letter from Ben Hughes, file F.2.34) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |