| 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 side of Downton Lake, just W of Bralorne, N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°46'54"N, 122°58'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 September 1951 on 92J as a well-established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...probably after the local mining engineer who was killed in a flying accident some years ago." (1950 advice from long-time area resident C.A. Fenner, file G.1.36). [Note that one David Sloan is identified in 1906 BC Mines Report as a certified assayer holding a Provincial Certificate of Efficiency; one D. Sloan is identified in various engineering capacities in BC Mines Reports 1925 through 1934.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Several newspapers, including Victoria Times, Vancouver News Herald & Vancouver Sun, ran a page 1 story 5 August 1935, reporting the death of mining engineer David Sloan of Pioneer Mine, who died 4 August 1935 from injuries received 5 days earlier in a plane crash on the shores of Alta Lake [at Whistler]. Presumably he is the namesake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |