Crest 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: | Between Crest and Idsardi Creeks on W boundary of Strathcona Provincial Park, NW of Elkhorn Mountain, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°52'17"N, 125°52'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 September 1982 on 92 F/13, as identified in Hiking Trails III - Central and Northern Vancouver Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The name...appears to have been in use certainly since 1957 ..." (Hiking Trails III - Central & Northern Vancouver Island, ed.5, 1982, p.44). Named in association with nearby Crest Lake, located on the Vancouver Island Divide, in turn named by N.C. Stewart, BCLS, while conducting topographic surveys and explorations in this area, in 1936 and 1937. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |