Mount Stephens (British Columbia) Explained

Mount Stephens
Elevation M:1592
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:1047
Range:Pacific Ranges, Coast Mountains
Parent Peak:Thumb Peak
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Range 1 Coast Land District
Map:Canada British Columbia
Map Size:270
Label Position:left
Coordinates:50.9708°N -126.6636°W
Topo Maker:NTS

Mount Stephens, 1592m (5,223feet), prominence 1047m,[1] also known as Quay, Kwe or k'we in Kwak'wala, is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Central Coast region, northeast of Nimmo Bay and Mackenzie Sound and west of Kingcome Inlet.[2]

As K'we, Mount Stephens was the home of the thunderbird to the Gwawaenuk, who when he descended from the mountain took human form and became the ancestor of that group of Kwakwaka'wakw, whose principal village is now at Hegams, i.e. Hopetown on Watson Island in the Broughton Archipelago, from which a view of this mountain can be seen and is featured in a woodcut by artist Walter Phillips.[3]

Name origin

Mount Stephens was named by Captain Vancouver after Sir Philip Stephens.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mount Stephens. 6918. 2014-05-28.
  2. 24485. Mount Stephens. 2021-05-26.
  3. http://www.emilycarr.org/totems/exhibit/kwak/kwintro.htm Emily Carr - To The Totem Forests website