The North Shore Mountains from Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. Photo: Destination BC/Jordan Manley
Vancouver’s North Shore Mountains provide a stunning backdrop for our city. You may know the names of some of the peaks, but do you know the stories behind them? Here’s a brief look into the history of the names of the local mountains.
Mount Seymour
Consisting of three distinct peaks, Mount Seymour is named after Frederick Seymour, who was governor of the colony of British Columbia between 1864 and 1869. The first, and lowest peak is often called Pump Peak since one of the first men to climb it thought that a weathered tree near
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