Adopted in the 9th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1910, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1922, 1860 et seq, and on map to accompany Robert Brown's report of the Vancouver Island Exploration Expedition, 1864.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

In Price Ellison's report of 1910 relating to Strathcona Park, he mentions that the west peak of this mountain was named "McBride" and the east peak "Ellison", however neither name was proposed for adoption.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Crown Mountain....chosen as it is the apex of Strathcona Park, and the corner point of the E&N Railway Grant.... The persons chosen for the arduous trip [to climb Crown Mountain] were Mr. Price Ellison [cabinet minister in the McBride government], Myra Ellison [his daughter], Mr. Johnson, W.J.H. Holmes, Lord Bacon, Mr. Bolton, Hanson and Hudson (cruisers) and Mr. Shaw the photographer, who carried the bottle of champagne for the christening.... Mr. Bolton wrote a very good report of this special journey which can be found in the [Provincial Archives], along with photographs by Mr. Shaw." ( An Account of the Survey of the North and West Boundaries of the Second Grant to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co. with Reference to the Strathcona Park Discovery Survey, by W.J.H. Holmes, BCLS, 1910).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

From Cape Mudge the mountain looks like a crown - has two peaks.

Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions