| 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 |
| Other Names: | Wells Mountain |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just S of Humpback Reservoir in Langford (municipality), W of Victoria, Goldstream Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°26'16"N, 123°33'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wells Mountain adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415h, Goldstream. Form of name changed to Mount Wells, 2 March 1950 on 92B/5, as originally labelled on Metchosin District Official Plan 35T1, West Coast Vancouver Island, 1858. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Very old name; origin unknown" (1934 notation on BC name card). Feature is shown but not named on early large scale maps such as Pemberton's 1855 map of Southeastern Districts of Vancouver Island; British Admiralty Charts #1911, 1858, and #2840, 1872 et seq; Geological Survey sheet 43A, Sooke, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |