Mount McGuire
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Tamihi Creek just SE of Chilliwack, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'00"N, 121°46'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on 1917 map "Okanagan Lake Valley" and 1931 map "Sumallo and Upper Tulameen Valleys" both by R.D. McCaw, BCLS, and on BC Lands' 1933 map of British Columbia. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Tamihi is the Halkomelem name for Mount McGuire. According to Dr. Brent Galloway, the name means 'deformed baby finishes.' Such infants were sometimes left exposed on the mountain to die." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |