Mount Rosseau | |
Elevation M: | 1958 |
Prominence M: | 613 |
Location: | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
District: | Clayoquot Land District |
Range: | Vancouver Island Ranges |
Coordinates: | 49.4789°N -125.5061°W |
Map: | Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia |
Mount Rosseau is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located 430NaN0 southwest of Courtenay and 230NaN0 south of Mount Albert Edward. It is the highest summit of the Septimus-Rosseau massif. The most western summit of the massif is Mount Septimus.
Mount Rosseau is part of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.[1]
The BC Geographical Names Information System records the origin of Mt Rosseau's name:[2]
[Mount Rosseau is named after] Ralph Rosseau, a widely known and respected elementary school principal in Port Alberni and a noted mountaineer; killed in a climbing accident on Mount Septimus 3 July 1954. (obituary & photograph in West Coast Advocate, 8 July 1954, file T.1.43)Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Mount Septimus has three established access routes: