| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Bella Coola River between Firvale and Hagensborg, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°23'49"N, 126°22'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 93/SW as an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Various phonetic spellings on Ref Map 12A and other early maps for Nusatsum Mountain and Nusatsum River: Nootsatsum, Noosatum, Nutsatsum, Nusatsum..... The spelling that most closely resembles pronunciation would be "Nusatsum" according to August 1946 letter from F.C. Swannell, BCLS, and R.P. Bishop, BCLS, to Surveyor-General, Ottawa. (files T.1.37 and O.1.46) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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This is the "Mount Ararat" of an Indian legend, which told of a large canoe settling on the summit of this mountain as the waters of the great flood gradually receded. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |