Mount Pocahontas
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | šɛtɛqʷanOfficial |
| Relative Location: | N end of Texada Island behind Northeast Point, S of Powell River (city), Texada Island Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'37"N, 124°25'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Mount Pocahontas" adopted 6 May 1924, as submitted November 1923 by BC Geographic Division and as labelled on Geological Survey map #1321 by R.D. McConnell, 1912 (GSC Memoir 58). Named in association with "Pocahontas Bay" (current official name: lɛχʷamɛn), in turn as identified in 1899 BC Mines Report, p.804. Name changed to šɛtɛqʷan (mountain) 30 September 2025 on 92F/9, as requested by Tla'amin Nation. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |