Mount Stephens, , prominence 1047m, also known as Quay, Kwe or k'we in Kwak'wala, is a

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in the

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of the

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, located in the Central Coast region, northeast of Nimmo Bay and

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and west of

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. As K'we, Mount Stephens was the home of the thunderbird to the Gwawaenuk, who when he descended from the mountain took human form and became the ancestor of that group of Kwakwaka'wakw, whose principal village is now at Hegams, i.e. Hopetown on

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in the Broughton Archipelago, from which a view of this mountain can be seen and is featured in a woodcut by artist Walter Phillips.Emily Carr - To The Totem Forests website
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Name origin

Mount Stephens was named by Captain Vancouver after Sir Philip Stephens.

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Name origin

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