| 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 of Dome Mountain, NE of Bowron Lake Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°28'50"N, 121°00'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 25 March 1997 on 93 H/6, as proposed by J.O. Premischook and endorsed by area Parks and Regional District representatives (file B.1.60) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Barkerville-area fixture Francis (Frank) Arthur Cushman (1924 - 1994). Cushman was born 24 July 1924 at Yakima Washington and served with the US Marine Corp in WW II before moving to BC with his family in 1955. After ranching at Nicola and Stump Lakes, he purchased the Cariboo Hunting & Fishing Lodge on Bowron Lake in 1961, and later operated Wolverine Mountain Outfitters in the vicinity of this mountain. Each summer from 1965 to 1981? Frank drove the stage coach and freight wagon at Barkerville, and in recent years, the Christmas-time sleigh. He is remembered as one of Barkerville's most colourful characters, playing the role of Ned Stout, Bavarian placer miner, in street vignettes. With a rugged face and handlebar moustache Cushman's was one of the most photographed faces in BC, appearing in hundreds of magazines and calendars over the years. Died at home at Cottonwood 16 May 1994. (Photographs, newspaper clippings on file B.1.60.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |