| Mount Septimus | |
| Elevation M: | 1948 |
| Prominence M: | 68 |
| Location: | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| District: | Clayoquot Land District |
| Range: | Vancouver Island Ranges |
| Coordinates: | 49.4806°N -125.5136°W |
| Map: | Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia |
Mount Septimus is the western summit of a jagged mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Gold River and south of Buttle Lake. It contains a huge glacier on the north flank. The highest peak on the massif is Mount Rosseau, located to the west.[1]
There are a couple of possibilities of the source of Mount Septimus' name recorded in the BC Geographical Names Information System:
"By some, thought to be descriptive – Septimus being a mountain of seven peaks." (List of Place Names in Strathcona Park, compiled by Allan C. Brooks, and reprinted in "Natural & Human History Themes, Strathcona Provincial Park" a special report produced by Betty Brooks for BC Parks Branch, 1989.)Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
"Possibly named after Septimus Evans, surgeon aboard S.S. Beaver." [note that this assumption is likely made because of the mountain's proximity to Price Creek and a mistaken assumption that Price Creek was named for Capt John Price, HMS Scout, under whom Septimus Evans was surgeon before joining the hired vessel Beaver under Captain Pender, 1868.]Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa
Mount Septimus has four established access routes:
Note: From Cream Lake, the south aspect can be accessed by ascending the wide couloir to the shoulder west of Mount Septimus' summit.