| 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: | Between Nesakwatch and Centre Creeks, S side of Chilliwack River E of Slesse Creek, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'00"N, 121°31'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1950 on 92H/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"This is an outstanding range and should be named, I am suggesting the names Rexford, Bell and Webb, three old-timers who have spent most of their lives in this particular valley. Webb traversed the whole of the Chilliwack River Valley as far as Chilliwack Lake, on the shores of which [he] has a cabin. Rexford has a cabin near Slesse Creek and has trap lines in the vicinity. I think the earliest of the three should have the mountain named after him, unfortunately I do not know which this is." (spring 1950 submission by G.C. Emerson, DLS, file C.1.50#1) [no subsequent notations or dates on file, to explain how "Rexford" was determined to be the earliest of the three old-timers.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |