Dunn 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: | Between North Thompson River and East Barriére Lake, N of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°26'13"N, 119°57'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Submitted to Ottawa 24 September 1964, and listed in 1966 BC Gazetteer, but apparently not adopted until 20 November 1972. Labelled on GSC map #1997, Chu Chua Creek, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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J.F. Smith, early North Thompson prospector, reported that one James Dunn had mined gold with a rocker "...above the North River Indian village..." about 1888. Dunn became sick and went to California - and was never heard of again. (Kamloops Museum, 1978) Also Dunn Creek, Lake and Range. Source: included with note |