The mountain has historic significance in British Columbia. It formed one corner of the large land grant given to Robert Dunsmuir  to fund construction of the E&N Railway. A segment of the boundary of that grant later became a boundary of Strathcona Provincial Park.
This mountain is historically significant in British Columbia because it was part of a large land grant given to Robert Dunsmuir to fund the building of the E&N Railway, and later, a segment of that boundary became part of the boundaries of Strathcona Provincial Park.