| 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: | Just NW of Mount Albert Edward in Strathcona Provincial Park, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'15"N, 125°27'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Mitch adopted 12 December 1939. Form of name changed to Mount Mitchell 7 October 1948 on 92F/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named after Mr. J.M. Mitchell of Courtenay." (1935 letter from N.C. Stewart, BCLS, to Chief Geographer, file F.2.34). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club suggests that Jim Mitchell Lake (about 15 miles south near Bedwell Lake) was named for the same person, however that lake was named for James Scott Mitchell, a 17-year old member of a surveying party who drowned near there in 1937. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |