Leacock

Leacock Peak 2089m Prominence: 734m Located east of the Howson Range, 3 km north of Tom George Lakes, and just east of the Burnie-Telkwa River Pass. This peak is a high rocky peak with a small glacier or icefield on its northern slopes, which drains into Elliott Creek. Named after Canadian author Stephen Leacock, according to the literary theme of the area. He was born in Swanmore, Hampshire, England but at age 6 he and his family moved to Canada, settling on a farm in Egypt, Ontario, near the shores of Lake Simcoe. Best known for Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), one of the most famous examples of Canadian humor. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock writes in the introduction: Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them all the way from Lake Superior to the sea, with the same square streets and the same maple trees and the same churches and hotels.