Mount Arrowsmith

Mount Arrowsmith, on Vancouver Island east of Port Alberni, is the highest peak in that direction and is notable for its basalt mass, protected status, Indigenous name, and exploration history. It lies within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region and, since 2009, has also been part of Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park. Known in the Tseshaht Nuu-chah-nulth language as kał-ka-č’ałḥ, or Kulth-ka-choolth, meaning “Jagged Points Facing Upward,” it later received its English name about 1853 in honor of Aaron and John Arrowsmith. Its first recorded colonial ascent came in 1887, and in 1925 its summit provided the Mundays their first view of Mount Waddington.

British Columbia · Canada