| 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: | NE of Vancouver Bay, Prince of Wales Reach Jervis Inlet, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'06"N, 123°51'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 February 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, published in 1863 from 1860 surveys. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "The Boar's Tooth" in a climbing journal (date, title not cited) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1860 by Captain Richards, RN, probably after Francis, 1st Baron Churchill, youngest son of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough. Churchill was the father of Captain the Hon. John Wellbore Sunderland Spencer, RN, HMS Topaze, 51 guns, on this station 1859-1863. Note that adjacent Mount Spencer, Wellbore and Sunderland Channels and Marlborough Heights were also named at the same time. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |