Metlatulin Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Trapper and Tatsamenie Lakes, between Tulsequah and Telegraph Creek (communities), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°24'29"N, 132°33'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1947 on 104K/7. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Metlatulin" is recorded as meaning "water over that mountain." This name was provided by a Tahltan person living at Telegraph Creek at the time, and it was recorded as a loose anglicization and translation, not a direct translation, as the recording team's grasp of the Tahltan langauge was limited. (January 1954 names list with remarks provided by Army Survey Establishment, file T.5.54). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |