| 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: | S of Hagensborg, SE of Bella Coola, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°15'14"N, 126°30'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 93/SW. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by B.F. Jacobsen (date not cited) after the leader of the Norwegian colony at Bella Coola, and pastor of the church there. (file O.1.46) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Name suggested by B.F. Jacobsen, who settled in the Bella Coola Valley prior to 1890. Mr. Jacobsen interested the Rev. Christian Saugstad, leader of a Norwegian colony in Minnesota, in moving to Bella Coola. The Rev. Saugstad and representatives of the colony visited the valley in the spring of 1894, were favourably impressed, and returned with the first contingent of settlers on October 30, 1894. The Rev. Saugstad was their pastor until his death in March 1897." (file B.1.35) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |