Ornostay Bluff
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| Feature Type: | Bluff (2) - A steep-sided hill or promontory. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SW of Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°42'15"N, 130°42'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G, as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name required for geological reports. According to tribal history, part of the Tahltan population set out by canoe down the Stikine River to find a new home on the coast. Their way was blocked by a glacier across the river but two old women, Ornostay and Koosick, volunteered to float under the ice bridge. (November 1979 letter from Geological Survey of Canada, file T.2.54) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |