| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| 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: | SW end of Saltspring Island, Saltspring Island Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°43'36"N, 123°29'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415e, Sidney, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2840, 1861 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Chuan Island [sic] is identified on the plan to accompany the "Report of a Canoe Expedition along the east coast of Vancouver Island" by James Douglas, esq, Governor, 1854." In a map to accompany Captain W. Colquhoun Grant's "Description of Vancouver Island," 1856, it is named Saltspring Island...." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A variant of "Chu-an," the [First Nations] name for this rocky height. "Tuam," "Tuan" or "Chu-an" means "looking out over the sea." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |