Mount Helena (British Columbia)
Appearance
Mount Helena | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,564 m (5,131 ft) |
Prominence | 274 m (899 ft) |
Coordinates | 50°11.4′N 123°51.6′W / 50.1900°N 123.8600°W |
Geography | |
Location | Jervis Inlet , British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 092.J.04 |
Mount Helena is a mountain located at the Queen Reach arm of Jervis Inlet and behind Princess Louisa Inlet. Mount Helena is part of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia Canada. The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper who charted all of the known area and named the mountain after HRH Princess Helena Augusta Victoria "Lenchen" who was the fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England.[1]
External links
- Detail Map of Mount Helena[permanent dead link ] from the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mount Helena.
References
- ^ Hitz, Charles W.(2003). Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet, p.54. Sikta 2 Publishing., Kirkland, WA. ISBN 0-9720255-0-2.