| 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 Strathcona Provincial Park, S of Mount Donner, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'35"N, 125°53'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Urquhart adopted 26 April 1991 on 92F/12. Name changed to Mount Kent-Urquhart 11 October 1994 on 92 F/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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No known local name according to Parks Staff and Gold River Historical Society. Suggested by Lindsay Elms, Strathcona Park Lodge, to recall the contributions to the planning & interpretation of Strathcona Park by Mr. W.W. Urquhart and Mr. W.R. Kent (first names unknown). During the summers of 1913 - 1916, under the direction of Park Planner Reginald Thomson, Mr. Urquhart led the topographical survey party charged with mapping the area; Mr. W.R. Kent accompanied the party as official photographer. An undated diazo map of Strathcona Park held in the Provincial Archives identifies Urquhart as "topographer"; Mr. Kent's 560+ photos are also in the Archives. PABC GR 1558 : field notes, diary. Based on Kent's 1913 and 1914 photos taken from their summmits, Kent & Urquhart are credited with first ascents of the following peaks: Puzzle Mtn, Kings Peak, El Piveto, Mt. DeVoe, Mt. Laing, Mt. Filberg, Mt. Cobb, Mt. Con Reid and Mt. Burman. The personal recollections of Einar Anderson, then a teenaged lineman under the supervision of Mr. Urquhart in the summer of 1916, are on file B.1.38. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |