Carcajou Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of head of Cheakamus River, SE of Whister in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'20"N, 122°42'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 November 1980 on 92G/10, as recommended by Karl Ricker in 1978, and as first identified in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.55, 1972, pp. 111-112, map p.111, and in UBC's Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, 1976. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by John Clarke, when climbing in the Pitt-Stave Rivers area 16-19 July 1971. Carcajou is French for wolverine. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |