Where did the name Mount St Helens Come from?

Some Indians of the Pacific Northwest variously called Mount St. Helens "Louwala-Clough," or "smoking mountain. " The modern name, Mount St.Helens, was given to the volcanic peak in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver of the British Royal Navy, a seafarer and explorer. He named it in honor of a fellow countryman, Alleyne Fitzherbert, who held the title Baron St. Helens and who was at the time the British Ambassador to Spain.

Seafarer and explorer. British Ambassador to Spain. Named three other volcanoes in the Cascades.

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