| 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 of Louis Creek, overlooking Sun Peaks (resort municipality) NE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'59"N, 119°56'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Tod adopted 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet # 11, Shuswap, 1898, and on Dominion Sectional sheet 112, Sicamous, 1912 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Todd" Mountain on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John Tod (1794-1882), longtime Hudsons Bay Company employee and eventually chief trader at the HBC post in Kamloops, 1842-51. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Unsuccessful proposal by owners/developers of Sun Peaks resort to rename this mountain "Sun Peaks" to improve marketing prospects - "tod" is the German word for death, and owners were concerned that the mountain's name would negatively impact potential European clientele. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |