Mount Byng
| 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 behind Quatsino, between Quatsino Sound and Holberg Inlet, SW of Port Hardy (municipality), Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°33'10"N, 127°40'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Byng Mountain adopted 3 May 1927 as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Confirmed 3 June 1947 on 92L/10. Form of name changed to Mount Byng, 25 November 1965 on 92L. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency General the Right Honourable Lord Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO (1862 - 1935). Born Julian Hedworth George Byng in London; commanded Canadian Corps at the Battle of Vimy Ridge; commanded 3rd Army 1917-18; governor general of Canada 1921-26; commissioner of police, metropolitan London 1928-34. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |