History
There are a couple of possibilities of the source of Mount Septimus' name recorded in the BC Geographical Names Information System:
"By some, thought to be descriptive - Septimus being a mountain of seven peaks." (List of Place Names in Strathcona Park, compiled by Allan C. Brooks, and reprinted in "Natural & Human History Themes, Strathcona Provincial Park" a special report produced by Betty Brooks for BC Parks Branch, 1989.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
"Possibly named after Septimus Evans, surgeon aboard S.S. Beaver." Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa
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