Mount Prevost is located North West of the Somenos District, on southern Vancouver Island.1 The mountain is named after James Charles Prevost, a Royal Navy captain who served
twice on the Pacific Station, where he commanded the HMS Virago in 1852, and the HMS Satellite in 1856.2
1. Mount Prevost,BC Geographical Names Information System.
2. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 476.