| 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: | Just NE of Mount Robson (locality) in NW end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, N of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'46"N, 119°15'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cinnamon Peak adopted 1 May 1934 on Jasper Park (north) sheet; a well-established local name according to Dominion Parks Board. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Little Grizzly Peak" on A.O. Wheeler's 1911 topographic map of Mount Robson, published in Canadian Alpine Journal 1912, and on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #32, 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name is likely descriptive of the colour of the feature. Note that the well-known Cinnamon family of Robson Valley did not arrive in the area until the 1950's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Little Grizzly" is a colloquial name given to the black bear, Ursus americanus; eastern populations are usually black in colour, but western populations can be reddish-brown or cinnamon in colour, hence easily mistaken for a grizzly bear, Ursus arctos. Source: Merriam-Webster OnLine (www.m-w.com), or Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd edition, unabridged, 1951 |