Mount Newton (John Dean Provincial Park)
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The mountain and surrounding area figure prominently in First Nations culture, and early descriptions of the mountain mention large rings of white stones placed there by the Saanich people. Lau Wel New, as Mount Newton is known to the First Nations of the Saanich Peninsula, was the high point of land that enabled them to survive the Great Flood. The name Lau Wel New translates as 'Place of Refuge'. Here legend has it that the Saanich ancestors were able to anchor their canoes until the floodwaters subsided using a giant cedar rope. Lau Wel New was the first land available as the floodwaters receded.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°36'51"N 123°27'4"W
- Mount Work 8.7 km
- Mt Douglas Park 14 km
- Francis King Regional Park 14 km
- Mount Wells Regional Park 20 km
- Triangle Mountain 21 km
- Turtleback Mountain 35 km
- Mount Constitution 43 km
- Mount Storm King 65 km
- Galbraith Mountain 76 km
- Lookout Mountain Preserve 79 km
- Pauquachin First Nation Reserve 1.1 km
- Inlet 1.7 km
- Dean Park Estates 2 km
- Ardmore 2.9 km
- Bazan Bay 3.3 km
- North Saanich 4.7 km
- Saanich Inlet 5.1 km
- Keating 5.2 km
- Tsawout Indian Reserve 5.5 km
- Island View 6.6 km