Mount Stephens

Mount Stephens is a prominent mountain in British Columbia's Central Coast, rising in the Pacific Ranges with a distinctive profile. Known in Kwak'wala as Quay, Kwe, or K'we, it holds deep cultural importance for the Gwawaenuk. In their tradition, K'we was the home of the thunderbird, who descended from the mountain in human form and became the ancestor of the Gwawaenuk, one group of the Kwakwaka'wakw. The mountain is visible from the Gwawaenuk village at Hegams, or Hopetown, on Watson Island, linking it closely to community identity. Its English name was bestowed by Captain Vancouver in honor of Sir Philip Stephens.

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