| 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: | Just S of Kanaka Mountain, E side of the Fraser River below Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'21"N, 121°28'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/3 |
| Related Maps: |
92I 92I/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1950 on 92I, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The old Cariboo road, narrow and without any protective parapet, came around a corner here with a drop of 1500 feet to the Fraser below.According to an old story, a frightened lady passenger screamed at Steve Tingley, the famous driver of the Cariboo coach, "What happens if we go over the edge, Mr. Tingley?" To which he replied imperturbably: "Lady, that all depends on what sort of life you've been leading." Among those things which did go over the edge in the days before the trail had been widened into a road was a jackass laden with miner's goods, presumably en route to the Cariboo goldfields." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |