Mount Knewstubb
| 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: | S side of Nine Mile Creek, just W of Franklyn Arm Tŝilhqox Biny (lake), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°10'34"N, 124°17'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 October 1960 on 92N. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Frederick William Knewstubb ( - 1937) who joined the Water Rights Branch as a draughtsman in 1911, became a hydrological engineer in 1926, and made an extensive survey of the Chilko Lake area over a 3 year period. Knewstubb was Chief Hydrologic Engineer for the Water Rights Branch, Dept. of Lands, at the time of his death, 16 December 1937. [also the namesake of Knewstubb Lake, part of the Nechako Reservoir created by flooding behind the Kenney Dam.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |