Mount Septimus
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| Mount Septimus | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,948 m (6,391 ft) |
| Prominence | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°28′50.0″N 125°30′49.0″W / 49.480556°N 125.513611°W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Septimus Location on Vancouver Island  Mount Septimus Location in British Columbia | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Septimus | |
| Location | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Clayoquot Land District |
| Parent range | Vancouver Island Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 92F5 Bedwell River |
Mount Septimus is the western summit of a jagged mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Gold River and 10 km (6 mi) south of Buttle Lake. It contains a huge glacier on the north flank. The highest peak on the massif is Mount Rosseau, located 600 m (1,969 ft) 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:[2]
"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