Parent peak Thumb Peak Prominence 1,047 m | Elevation 1,592 m Province British Columbia | |
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Location British Columbia, Canada Mountain range Coast Mountains, Pacific Ranges Parent ranges Pacific Ranges, Coast Mountains | ||
Mount Stephens, 1592 m (5223 feet), prominence 1047m, 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.
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Map of Mount Stephens, Mount Waddington A, BC, Canada
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.
Name origin
Mount Stephens was named by Captain Vancouver after Sir Philip Stephens.