| 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: | W side of Neroutsos Inlet, Quatsino Sound, opposite Rumble Beach, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°25'37"N, 127°33'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Wolfenden identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 3 April 1959 on 92L/5. 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 late Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wolfenden, born 29 March 1836 in Rathmell, Yorkshire, England. He arrived in New Westminster in 1859, as a Corporal in the Royal Engineers under Colonel Moody; appointed Superintendent of Printing for the colony of British Columbia in 1863; moved to Victoria in 1866 after the union of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, and continued in office as King's Printer until his death 5 October 1911. He was also Lieutenant Colonel of British Columbia's Provincial Regiment of Garrison Artillery (later 5th Regiment, CCA), from 1885 until retirement from the militia in 1888. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |