Etsho Escarpment
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| Feature Type: | Escarpment - Long laterally continuous, steep slope, often cliff-like. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W and S of headwaters of Tsea River, NE of Fort Nelson, Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°19'50"N, 122°02'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94O/8 |
| Related Maps: |
94O/8 94P/5 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted 7 June 1961 on 94 O. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Great, large (G.M. Dawson's List of Tahltan Words, Canadian Geological Survey annuarl report 1887-88, Pt. 1, Appendix II, p.208B) Source: included with note |
|
According to E.R. McMinn, BCLS, who conducted surveys in this area in 1955, Etsho is a Dene word for "great" or "large" and might refer to the Etsho Plateau above the escarpment. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |