Mount McQuillan
| 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: | Head of McQuillan and China Creeks, E side Alberni Inlet, Dunsmuir Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'33"N, 124°36'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 March 1947 on 92F/2 as labelled on BC Lands and Works "Sketch Map of China Creek Mining Camp" 1895, and on BC Lands' map 2A, 1938. Also McQuillan Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the veteran prospector, Frank McQuillan, who was working on China Creek in the 1890s. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"This creek was named for Frank McQuillan, a prospector in the mining period of the 1890's. He was one of the men who registered the Golden Eagle claim." (from: Place Names of the Alberni Valley, published 1988 by the Alberni District Historical Society) Source: included with note |