| 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 side of mouth of Peace Reach, Williston Lake, N of Mackenzie, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°59'29"N, 123°36'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1954 on 93O at 55° 58' x 123° 36'. Altered application 24 February 1964 on 93O to a location about 1 1/2 miles northward at 55° 59' x 123° 36' - being the location intended by Prof. Macoun in 1875 (referenced in Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1875-76, p.146). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Named after A.R.C. Selwyn, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada 1869-95. In 1875 he took an expedition up the Peace River to see if a mountain there could be as incredibly precipitous a cone as an English illustrator of W.F. Butler's The Wild North Land had made it. He found that the mountain was indeed an impressive one but not at all like the artist had shown it. At the suggestion of Professor John Macoun, the expedition's botanist, the mountain was named for Selwyn." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |
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The traditional name for this feature may mean "mountain of gold" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |