{{short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{hatnote|For other mountains with this name, see Mount Arrowsmith (disambiguation).}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Arrowsmith | image = Mount Arrowsmith from Sproat Lake.jpg | image_caption = Mount Arrowsmith from Sproat Lake | elevation_m = 1819 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1331|name=Mount Arrowsmith|access-date=2006-06-05}}</ref> | prominence_m = 1429 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Vancouver Island Ranges | parent_peak = | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | location = Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | district = Cameron Land District | map = Canada British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | label_position = left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-caption = Location in Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park | coordinates = {{coord|49|13|25|N|124|35|40|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|F|2}} | type = | age = | first_ascent = John Macoun 1887 | easiest_route = scramble }}
'''Mount Arrowsmith''' is the highest mountain east of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Its dominant rock is basalt. The mountain is contained within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region and as of September 18, 2009 is designated part of {{convert|1,300|ha|acre|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} hectare Mt. Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park.
==History== The mountain is named kał-ka-č’ałḥ (Kulth-ka-choolth) meaning Jagged Points Facing Upward in the Tseshaht Nuu-chah-nulth languages.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=9247 |title=Mount Arrowsmith |access-date=2010-02-20}}</ref><ref>Hupacasath.ca Website https://hupacasath.ca/who-we-are/language-culture/hupacasath-place-language-and-story-map/</ref>
The first recorded ascent by colonists was made by botanist John Macoun in 1887 led by local Indigenous guide Qualicum Tom and his son James Thomas. Macoun was a botanist to the Geological Survey of Canada. Mount Waddington was first seen from the peak of Mount Arrowsmith by Don and Phyllis Munday in 1925 (see also Mount Munday). The mountain was named about 1853 by Captain Richards for cartographers, Aaron Arrowsmith and his nephew John Arrowsmith.<ref>{{Cite book| last = Walbran| first = Captain John T.| title = British Columbia coast names, 1592-1906 : to which are added a few names in adjacent United States territory, their origin and history| place = Ottawa| publisher = Geographic Board of Canada| year = 1909| url = http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545| isbn = 0-88894-143-9| access-date = 2 March 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220337/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545| archive-date = 3 March 2016| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name = Akrigg>{{Citation | last =Akrigg | first =G.P.V. | last2 =Akrigg | first2 =Helen B. | title =British Columbia Place Names | place =Vancouver | publisher =UBC Press | year =1986 | edition =3rd, 1997 | isbn =0-7748-0636-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9 }}</ref>{{rp|9}}
==Biogeoclimatic zones== Mount Arrowsmith has three main biogeoclimatic zones. On the windward, wetter west-facing slopes the Coastal Western Hemlock zone occurs up to {{convert|1,050|m|ft|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}, where it grades into the Mountain Hemlock zone. This forms a continuous forest up to {{convert|1,300|m|ft|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}; above is a parkland phase which grades into the Alpine Tundra zone at {{convert|1,600|m|ft|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}. The leeward, east-facing slopes are warmer thanks to more sunshine, and all zone boundaries are higher by {{convert|50|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}.<ref>R.N. Green and K. Klinka (1994). A Field Guide to Site Identification and Interpretation for the Vancouver Forest Region, p. 36</ref>
== See also == *List of mountains of British Columbia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081513/http://www.clubtread.org/mtarrowj.htm Judges Route, Club Tread]
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