| 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 of junction of Stein River & Earl Creek in Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, W of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'16"N, 121°45'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey map, Ashcroft, 408A (file A.1.36); application altered 16 January 1958 on 92 I/SW, to the position as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, Kamloops, 1895, and on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914, and on Dominion Sectional sheet 61, Lytton, 1917 (file L.1.57). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Spelled "A-kas-ik' Mtn" on Geological Survey map 557, Kamloops, 1895, by G.M. Dawson. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This peak is part of an Indigenous story about Skihist Mountain; Skihist means "jump" or "leap", so-named because a giant jumped (back and forth ?) from the top of Skihist Mountain to Akasik Mountain. (James Teit, Spences Bridge, 1917)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |