Cathedral Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Seymour Lake, N of North Vancouver (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'59"N, 123°00'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on 92G/6, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named from its cathedral-like appearance as seen from the northeast by a BC Mountaineering Club party when climbing Mount Dickens at the head of Indian Arm in 1908. First ascent: Basil S. Darling and H. Hewton, 11 October 1908. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |