Canada's Mountains:
The Summits of Canada & Their Names

Mountain names often have a significant meaning either with original explorers or a reflection of the local people, heritage and culture. Here is the background on the Summits of Canada mountains and their names:

Baldy Mountain - Manitoba
The name is Ojibwa, meaning "straits of the spirit".

Barbeau Peak - Nunavut
It was named in 1969 after Marius Barbeau, an Inuit anthropologist and folklorist who lived from 1883 to 1969.

Cypress Hills - Saskatchewan
The name "Cypress Hills" originates from an incorrect translation of the French "montagne aux cypres". The term "cypres" was used by French-Canadians and Métis to refer to the jack pine and the lodgepole pine. There are no cypress trees in the Cyprss Hills.

Fairweather Mountain – British Columbia
The mountain was named by Captain James Cook in 1778, because of fair weather after a period of prolonged storms.

Ishpatina Ridge - Ontario
Ishpatina is an Ojibwa term which means "high hill".

Mount Carleton- New Brunswick
The mountain from which the site takes its name honours the province's first lieutenant governor, Thomas Carleton (1736-1817). The Province of New Brunswick was officially created by Sir Thomas Carleton on August 16, 1784.

Mount Caubvick – Newfoundland & Labrador
In 1981 the Newfoundland Geographic Names Board officially named mountain L1 "Mount Caubvick", after one of the Inuit’s who was taken to England in 1772 by George Cartwright. Capt. George Cartwright was a British Officer in India, who came to Newfoundland with his brother John in search of the Beothuk Indians.

Mount Columbia - Alberta
It was named by Norman Collie in 1899 after the Columbia River, itself named in 1792 by Captain Robert Gray after his vessel, the Columbia.

Mount D'Iberville - Quebec
This 5419-foot peak was named for the French officer who twice burned all of Newfoundland's major towns to the ground.

Mount Logan - Yukon
The mountain was named in honor of William Edmond Logan who was the first director of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Queen’s County - Prince Edwards Island
Highest point is Springton, Queen's County at 152 metres (499 feet). Springton, an unincorporated area, is located in Queens County in the central portion of Prince Edward Island, NE. of Crapaud.

Un-Named Peak - Northwest Territories
The Peak has no official name and is referred to as the ‘Un-Named Peak’ by the Canadian Government.

White Hill - Nova Scotia
In checking with the Provincial Government to date no explanation has been given on the name of Nova Scotia’s highpoint.